I wrote a piece for Ted on Father’s Day. Other bloggers celebrated the dads in their lives too. Here are a few excerpts from my favorite Father’s Day posts… Heather Armstrong (dooce) praised her husband The best part of my day is when Jon carries Leta back to the changing table after her bath, and […]
Entries from June 2004
Accolades for dads
June 21st, 2004 · 1 Comment
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Each in their own distinctive way
June 20th, 2004 · Comments Off on Each in their own distinctive way
A while ago – weeks? months? – on a lark, I went crusing through the OSCON speaker listings, looking to see who else will be at the conference with my husband. Near Ted’s entry I saw this description which ended: r0ml is married to one of the smartest, most energetic, most beautiful women in the […]
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My Degas daughter
June 20th, 2004 · 3 Comments
On Wednesday, Abigail’s class did a little performance for the parents (and then the girls wanted the parents to perform for them too!). Watching the five and six year olds pirouette in their pastel tutus reminded me of Degas paintings. for artistic – and privacy – reasons I blurred the image a bit with PhotoShop.
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To the father of my children
June 20th, 2004 · 6 Comments
When you and I walked together along a stretch of Cape Cod beach years ago, the ocean air tossing our hair, on that October Saturday, my love for you began. Not that I hadn’t already started to fall for you. By then you were my best male friend. After six months of conversations, including a […]
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Shower and show up
June 20th, 2004 · 2 Comments
Eugene Volokh and other bloggers – including MD – have been discussing this week what it means to be sexy. Volokh wrote: Women think a lot — much more than men — about how they can become more attractive, and are willing to do a lot to try to become more attractive. Don’t know what […]
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