Parental Leave - Week 4
Greetings! I am now on the second part of my parental leave for Jonathan, which will take me through the beginning of August. I will be providing weekly...
Parental Leave - Week 3
Greetings! I am now on the second part of my parental leave for Jonathan, which will take me through the beginning of August. I will be providing weekly...
Parental Leave - Week 2
Hola! I am now on the second part of my parental leave for Jonathan, which will take me through the beginning of August. I will be providing weekly flash...
Parental Leave - Week 1
Hello! I am now on the second part of my parental leave for Jonathan, which will take me through the beginning of August. I will be providing weekly flash...
A Tale of Three Grinches
Hello folks! This is not going to be a normal, life-family update email, so if that is what you are subscribed for, you may want to move on to the next item...
Earth Day 2023
Amelia’s preschool celebrated Earth Day by taking a walk with the kids to pick up garbage around the neighborhood. This inspired Amelia to want to do the...
Unless It's Kicks
There is a peach tree in our yard that has always looked a bit pathetic. The previous owners planted it in a spot which does not provide it the sun it needs,...
In case the other one breaks...
Amelia has a recent obsession with redundancy. "Why did you put away one of your socks?" "In case the other one breaks." "Why did you take out two masks?"...
Sushi and His Ball
I have a dog and his name is Sushi. Though, on occasion, I enjoy the company of a dog, I am not what you would call a "dog person." Sushi has not done...
Amazing Children's Books
Happy New Year! As a follow up to my list of awesome things from 2022, I wanted to share something I've been wanting to put together for some time: a walk...
Best of 2022
‘Tis the season for “best of”s and wrap ups, so here is mine. (Not all of these things came out in 2022, but I either experienced them or re-experienced them...
Work in Progress
Jonny’s happy place is the changing table next to his window. (At least, when he is with me, the parent unable to produce fresh milk.) I put him here just...
Resolutions and Resolve
Programming note: I've migrated from TinyLetter to Buttondown for my newsletter. Please let me know if anything looks amiss. Thirty spokes join one hub. The...
Giving Thanks
It has been a busy few weeks and there is so much to share! I haven't found the time to sit down in front of the computer to write a proper letter, so I made...
Inflation
Last weekend we spent part of the day at Seattle Center to visit BrickCon (Seattle's own Lego festival). But this story isn't about Lego. On the way back to...
Time's arrow marches forward
Time’s Arrow Marches Forward Hey, so, first things first, let's do the news. This is sort of embarrassing, and for those that don't already know, I'm really...
Switching to iced lattes
Hello Friends, Fate has finally deemed it our turn. Most of the household tested positive for Covid-19 last week. As this letter goes to print, Yuling and...
The one where Aleks writes about nostalgia
I’ve been wanting to write this one for a while. The world of childens’ books, music, and television is full of all sorts of new exciting things, and for...
Summer (A poem)
Written April 7th, 2022: Today I smelled summer. It smelled like a seventy degree evening with a touch of haze in the air. And the lingering smell of two...
Story Time
For those of you who have been in the industry for a while, this probably won’t be too interesting. However, if you’ve joined since things like Slack and...