Yearly Archive: 2008

And why, you ask reasonably, did I need a treat? Because really, a child’s birthday is on some level a thank-you to the mother! Or...

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...

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...