1) When my daughter Emily was a little girl, if she fell asleep on the bed next to her dad, they always seemed to end up in identical positions. Emily will be 13 next month. I've noticed recently that when she sleeps, she tends to do so on her side, with her knees drawn up and a pillow snuggled between her shoulder and neck. Just like me.

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As is often the case, seeing Jandek leaves me emotionally exhausted, yet bursting with creativity.

I keep forgetting to post an accounting of the show we went to see in Philly Saturday. Somebody reply to this to remind me.

Drumming tonight. My beloved congas. Afterward, Rob and I are hopefuly making a stew.

Emily had Molly in her room yesterday. She ( Read more... )

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1) Answering machine quandary solved! By the terrific 
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What a great birthday! Thanks to all who sent greetings, as well as to those of you coming to my party tonight. You all rock.

The day started out great, with our first snow day of the season. At least, it would have been a snow day, if school had been in session. Nine inches on the ground, on some parts of the island. We got about seven here. Emily ( Read more... )

Halloween is pretty much my favorite holiday. I like 'em all, but this is just the most FUN.

Anyway, Emily and I kicked off the day by driving around in the car looking like this:


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Emily's developed some pretty interesting musical tastes for an almost-twelve-year-old. Her father and I are both music nuts -- Emily attended her first concert before she was even born! And she's very into listening to her own CDs and mp3s these days. If she's in the car, she takes over the mp3 player and I just have to live with whatever she ( Read more... )

Emily's tutor was over tonight. The tutor and I were talking afterwards at the dining room table. We discussed some teaching methods, one of which included folding washcloths. I brought a tall stack of white washcloths from the linen closet and put them on the table while we talked ( Read more... )