Dog days of spring

As you can see, I’ve gone on a little video spree, getting both old and new movies up on the blog.  Edie was in Washington, DC all last week, and so it was just Mose and me.  We had a great time, but with Edie back, I could actually think about a little video editing, [...]

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Two year olds eat dirt

This truth should, perhaps, be remembered as we struggle with fancy parties for our toddlers.  They like the fun, the kids, the toys, the cake, the ice cream, and the like, but could probably care less about style, decor, and ambiance.
The video, below, isn’t so much a Mose video (although he’s in it), but rather [...]

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Riding a puma at the zoo

Oh if only you could actually do this.  And not get bitten or mauled.  (Do no try this or you’ll end up like the woman in Berlin who jumped into the polar bear enclosure: badly bitten and issued a citation for trespassing.)
But one can safely imagine a joyous version of these events at the carousel, [...]

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Reading that makes you nuts…or at least bananas

Mose has a number favorite books, but certainly at the top of the list is Richard Scarry’s Longest Book Ever! (which sometimes is confused with the world’s longest book, but isn’t even close).  The book’s nearly tragic hero is a hungry gorilla name Bananas Gorilla, who just happens to be both mad for bananas and [...]

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