Sometimes I have occasion to realize, or remember, the degree to which my brother looks up to me. That's been our dynamic for all of his life, and nearly all of mine, but sometimes I actually remember this, and every time it's humbling ( Read more... )

Yesterday my brother and I pushed ourselves around his place of work on wheeled, spinny office chairs. The floor is really, really smooth, and the whole place is one big room with desks and shelves and things, and also it was after-hours so we were the only two in there. He only won the race because he's had more practice ( Read more... )

Scrolling through Facebook and found some startlingly familiar pictures...

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Up late at my laptop not because I'm procrastinating, for once, but actually because I'm waiting for Nathaniel and his friend to get here. So, like, I have an excellent reason to be refreshing Tumblr, and all that ( Read more... )

Little brother left yesterday around noon. I took him to get gas beforehand, and also made breakfast for him and Chris and me, because we were the only three folks around ( Read more... )

Nathaniel's here! Yay! He arrived yesterday afternoon, and I made chocolate peanut butter no-bakes to celebrate. And then later we went out to a bar and talked over gross yet delicious bar food and ginger cream ale. (And even later, the beers that Mum had bequeathed us. Thanks Mum! They were tasty ( Read more... )

Well hello! Nathaniel and Geddy left this morning at about 6am, which feels like yesterday at this point, possibly because I went back to bed after I saw them out the door. (There was a moment when we were all sitting in the darkened dining room, both Nathaniel and Geddy having bagels with Nutella for breakfast, and mugs of coffee, when I thought ( Read more... )

Ah, another drive-by update for you, but I am very sleepy. It is both good to be back and weird to not be with Mum; tonight was a beautiful evening, and yesterday evening, similarly beautiful, we walked along the river ( Read more... )

Cosmo Sheldrake - Rich (Ft. Andrea Vargas)

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Warmer. Warm-ish. More warm than if I was outside. Or in a car.

Plus there's tea, here, and fleece blankets. And industrious housemates who winterize the front door by way of taking a study break.

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Here is a funky tune my brother and his friend made. It's got a good beat! You should give it a listen, I bet it'll set your foot a-tapping.