When I pick up my daughter from camp at the end of the day she barely resembles the child I said goodbye to in the morning. The morning child has its hair combed, face and hands washed and is wearing clean, albeit it stained, clothes. The afternoon child has tangled, matted hair, and a face […]
Last weekend Rada and I attended the wedding of dear friends. It was her first one and it left a strong impression. I don’t think she was expecting it to be so theatrical. The ceremony took place on the lawn of a quaint farm north of Boston, with flower girls, ring boys, and pinkish-orangey rose […]
Ben showed me how to do this. Isn’t it cool? (thanks, Ben!) What would I call it?? Well, its an individually annotated map of rugslife’s locations of interest. You can do it, too, for your own neighborhood. Make sure you’ve got a google account (which is easy, just sign up, its free). Then go to google […]
Last week, Rada got a chance to spend some time with her second cousin Hailey, visiting from Colorado. The two girls had met once before several years ago, but they hit it off instantaneously and disappeared for the rest of the evening: taming caterpillars, reading books together, and re-decorating the doll house. Here they are […]
Its easy to get out of the habit of posting. Being on vacation and in new surroundings made me forget this blog. While away, I occasionally visited the local wi-fi cafe on the main street of a very small town in upstate New York, but just wasn’t in the mood to write. I was too […]
Rada reads all the time. Yesterday, in the car, she noticed a Dunkin Donuts sign… R: There is a boy in my group at camp named Duncan. But his last name is not Donuts. M: Hmm. R: Graham and I are going to name our first son Duncan. (Graham is her 5 y.o. fiance) M: […]
In action… coming off the field…
Last week, when I pulled into our usual parking space next to the house and found someone else’s car Rada said, “What the…?” And yesterday when we unexpectedly came upon a traffic jam on the way home from Judy’s house, Rada said again, “what the…?” Her turn of phrase certainly summed up my feelings about […]
Rada’s soccer team had their last game this past weekend. The weather threatened rain, and throughout the game it was touch and go whether or not the ‘mist’ and ‘fog’ had really turned to ‘drizzle.’ But with raincoats, umbrellas, and sweaty kids who didn’t mind running around in a little mud and mush, the game […]
“For a long time, it seemed to me that life was about to begin: Real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that […]