Wa wa cha cha cha

Amongst the delights of our recent Austin trip was this little water fountain in the new Triangle Park development.  We went back three times.  Mose couldn’t get enough.

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Old Austin haunts

During our sojourn to Austin we caught up with great old friends, like Gary, who we first met at Spider House, a cafe just a few blocks from our old house on 34th St.  I actually wrote about 2/3 of my dissertation at Spider House, but that was in a different era, before Spider House [...]

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All over but the shoutin’

Mose is very musically inclined.  He sings with the radio (and by himself!) and possesses a good sense of pitch and an almost uncontrollable urge to shake his booty when the beat hits him.  We’ve started him a Music Together, which gives Mose a change to bang a gong, strum a guitar, spin around, and [...]

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A trip to Austin, a new cat

We took an extended 4th of July vacation trip to Austin, TX to visit old friends and introduce them to Mose (more on this trip to come).  One of these sets of friends is the Erwins, David and Christiane, and their kids.  David and Christiane are the owners of an amazing business called Crestview Doors [...]

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The perils of experimentation

Mose is entering a new stage: independent-adventurer/ultra-clingy boy.  He alternates between insisting on trying new things on his own and is getting increasingly upset with “no” and “that’s not a toy.”  After a few too many of these he gets agitated and runs straight to my legs for a big hug that asks, “you still [...]

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Back in action

It was a nice feeling when I visited my doctor back in 2006 that I hadn’t really seen him in almost two years, having had no real health issues to speak of, no nasty colds, no ugly infections, no pressing need for surgery (well, OK, there is the knee thing, but that will get done [...]

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