Monthly Archives: March 2009

As he approaches his 4th birthday, K is asking tons of questions about, well, everything.  As we drive to school in the morning, they come in a rapid-fire stream of seemingly unconnected queries. Take yesterday’s conversation, for example: K:  ”Daddy, … Continue reading →

Two young boys + looming festival = little time for writing… *************** There are a lot of things I love about my job, but perhaps the best part is the “homework”. I need to study up on a whole bunch … Continue reading →

We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day … Continue reading →

Oh, hi there. Nice of you to drop by. Sorry I haven’t been the best host recently – I’ve been distracted by this bright, shiny thing called Twitter. I avoided Twitter for a long time. I thought of it as … Continue reading →

The Dearlove quartet made the trip to Southern Ontario this weekend for Meillyn and Seamus’s wedding.  It was a highly-anticipated trip, as the boys had been looking forward to wearing their tuxedos and showing off their cool dance moves.  We … Continue reading →