Author Archives: Catherine

The other day we were driving home and Isaac began to speak out of the silence: "I have really sharp vision. I can see, like, twenty miles. Just like ornitholestes." I said, "What's ornitholestes?" He said, "It's a dinosaur– with … Continue reading →

Guess what? I can now have dual citizenship with Canada. On April 17, without my knowledge, I woke up Canadian . They changed the rules, and my dad is a Canadian by birth and so now I get all the … Continue reading →

We're back and better than ever from our 5-day sojourn to lovely Virginia. Do you like lush green landscapes, flowering redbud, budding dogwood, horses, and low blue mountains all around? Virginia is for you. Charlottesville is especially gorgeous and well-suited … Continue reading →

Today is looking good– I don't want to jinx it, but it seems likely that we will get through the day, completely, without needing any medical intervention. Fingers crossed! By contrast, I had to take Elias to the doctor on … Continue reading →

Now that I live in a world where putting a child-proof item on a high shelf means nothing, I am trying very hard to secure our arsenal of over-the-counter medications and other dangerous items. My lord, there are a lot … Continue reading →

Yesterday dawned happily enough. The boys had been invited to the circus with Nana and Pa and I was looking forward to finally being able to do the fluids and rest– sit on the couch and read the NYT– that … Continue reading →

OKay, so I finished my nausea, with several pounds less of me to love. Bonus! Immediately thereafter, Elias took sick with the croup. Indeed, it was one of these "episodes" in which I'm outside in my pajamas, bare feet melting … Continue reading →

The nausea diet has a lot to recommend it. It makes shopping easy (jell-o, gingerale, saltines), and meal prep and clean-up is a snap. You lose lots of weight fast, without ever, ever feeling hungry. Indeed, the only problem with … Continue reading →

Ah yes– having survived the great upper respiratory infection of February 2009, we are now confronted with quite a stomach flu. Kids at school are dropping like flies, including little Hank, Elias's peer, who puked in the hall two weeks … Continue reading →

I think we've already established that Zane Grey is in the bottom quintile of cat intelligence. Now one has to wonder whether she really is in the bottom one percent. Two nights ago, after we got home from the salamanders, … Continue reading →