Monthly Archive: November 2008

the birthday girl

It’s official: Avery is twelve. Well, strictly speaking she will not be twelve until 11:31 p.m. New York time, but I’m being magnanimous. She has...

of pints and other Britishisms

I can’t really blame the British. The entirety of measuring systems around the world are consistent only in their inconsistencies. I grew up (why, I...

a milestone

I took it astonishingly well, I thought: her friend arrived to go on their Halloween rounds, and it became instantly clear that I was… not...