A visual chronicle of what we’ve been doing to keep occupied during COVID-19 social distancing. Day 39: a whole bunch of IKEA stuff shows up and Liam helps Daddy build a bigger desk The cocoonening has begun! Putting together a pinball Kiwico machine Day 40: I finally get around to...
A visual chronicle of what we’ve been doing to keep occupied during COVID-19 social distancing. Day 31: drawing… Providence? Weekly greetings to the garbage collectors Mrs Meggy showing off her new threads to the class Sometimes Daddy has to help out with school Welcome to the family, future butterflies! Day...
A visual chronicle of what we’ve been doing to keep occupied during COVID-19 social distancing. Day 23: working on a new creature power disc Day 24: the assignment was to write a persuasive letter from the point of view of a crayon. Liam insisted that a picture was required to...
A visual chronicle of what we’ve been doing to keep occupied during COVID-19 social distancing. Family Day 16: Mommy made pancakes!And Liam made four phases of the moon (count again)Another Saturday, another stuffie creature power discDolphin, meet PandaWent for a morning stroll through North Main cemetaryLiam thought this was a...
A visual chronicle of what we’ve been doing to keep occupied during COVID-19 social distancing. Family Day 9: The morning’s mission: make a stuffy version of this creature power discAlways a helperGetting stuffedFinished productWe found a friend wandering the neighborhoodHer name was RoxyQuick trip to the pet store for supplies....
A visual chronicle of what we’ve been doing to keep occupied during COVID-19 social distancing. Family Day 1: Sticker activity book!thanks Grandy 🙂Day 2: Balloon Puzzle(Daddy helped)Day 2: Stroll on Blackstone BoulevardDay 3: Building a rover (thanks again, Grandy!)Day 3: Candyland!Day 4: Helping Daddy set up his officeDay 4: Virtual...
Priest by Matthew Colville My rating: 5 of 5 stars I figured I’d like this book, but I didn’t expect to fall in love! I didn’t breathe for almost the entire novel, but for diverse reasons. I was lost for much of the time, but in the kind of way...
The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars by Meghan Daum My rating: 5 of 5 stars The very premise of this book sets it up for failure; how do you fairly explore the contradictory mess that is the (predominantly online) culture wars while still saying something...
This one isn’t particularly good – I mostly just cobbled together images I found on Google. Nonetheless, it turned out almost exactly as I’d imagined. It turns out that the kids were being delivered to a tribe of lycanthropes in a Faustian exchange for protection. The shape changers were surprisingly...
The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek My rating: 5 of 5 stars Each Sinek book is better than the last. I’ve added this to my ‘required reading’ list for people who consider themselves leaders (or stewards of culture) in the business world. And, now that I think about it, outside...