The kids are getting more cuddly with us - we had five in the bed around 7 AM yesterday - and perhaps a little more fighty with each other. They're also getting more interested in school-type things, including Ada, for whom Elizabeth printed off some alphabet activity sheets so she wouldn't feel left out ( Read more... )

Played D&D with the kids, Elizabeth and (video-linked) Heather today… we're all still getting our sea legs in 5th edition (or in D&D in general) but the party is doing well - offering to help NPCs, working together grumpily, blasting and stabbing undead in the fen ( Read more... )

We have a fridge and potable water again! Yay, back to 21st century privileged life ( Read more... )

July has been an adventure! We started with a wedding in Cambridge (my cousin Mike got married to his girlfriend Caitlyn - now they will go back to wandering the world teaching). It was a grownups-only wedding (a first for us since having kids). My aunt Anne did a ton of groundwork, recruiting a babysitter and giving us a place to stay, and it ( Read more... )

Viv and Oscar have been out playing at a neighbour's place today, leaving us to be ruled by delightful Ada. But I wanted to record a couple of fun Viv moments ( Read more... )

This week has been hard on toothpaste stores as Ada seems to like dumping toothpaste in the toilet - especially my high-end remineralizing stuff.

It was also a week where a bunch of us Positive Space volunteers and senior managers handed out Rockets (rainbow-coloured, everyone can eat them, inexpensive) and flyers on how to contact us for ( Read more... )

Here are some pictures from the summer in kind of random order. It's been a fun and busy summer, with lots of weddings. And not that many pictures...

The bunch of us at Heather's family's cottage.


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Posted on the Solstice, not about it (we were rushing the ritual to avoid getting rained on hard and to get the kids home to bed - and we don’t usually take pictures at rituals, anyway). Here are some pictures from late winter and spring. I managed to get back to work and do many fun things, so pictures just kind of accumulated.

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The allergist's waiting room may be good for my writing, now that I've finished the Persepolis graphic novels (in the original French - my European-style swearing will be greatly improved) - thanks, spacefem for the impetus! Persepolis got more personal and relatable as I got further along; the voice was funny and poignant and the drawing was always ( Read more... )

Here are some pictures from summer and early fall. Oscar is in school, Viv has had a busy schedule of activities, Ada is growing with great enthusiasm…


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