Author Archives: Catherine

We just got home from a ten-day visit to the south. There’s no doubt about it– it’s a whole different region down there. We drove from here (Cleveland) down through West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and landed on the coast … Continue reading →

We haven’t told Isaac that a new baby may be coming along the pike this fall. This because speaking to him about “the fall” is pretty abstract, like for us talking about the 22nd century. Also, of course, there’s still … Continue reading →

There are dueling schools of thought on the matter of when to notify the world that you are pregnant. Some devil-may-care types tell everyone right away. Others find that this carries a risk of jinxing the whole thing, and wait … Continue reading →

Well, I won’t go around claiming that the Great Mouse Invasion ’06 is “over.” But I can say that the herds and packs of mice, and the constant snapping of traps in the background, are gone. We haven’t trapped a … Continue reading →

The good news is that Isaac is himself again. Now he’s doing his nightly nude laps around the house and claiming to be… the flash! It’s been sort of a slog getting us both back into our blooming good health, … Continue reading →

I’m too tired to tell much of what has been happening. We just got home a couple hours ago. Talk about a good time for a lap top. yesterday I would have posted but the hike through miles of uncharted … Continue reading →

I’m writing from the glitziest possible sunniest most high-tech library I’ve ever seen. I was able to get here simply by walking through miles of tunnels and skyways in the Cleveland Clinic Complex. It’s been a very intense couple days. … Continue reading →

It’s been sort of a strange month around here. Our babysitter Zimbabwean Sheila had to move to Canada abruptly for immigration reasons in early feb. This left me with no writing time (errand time, mental health time) whatsoever and it’s … Continue reading →

Our new heroes are Maurice and Katia Krafft, French Volcanologists who filmed and photographed more erupting volcanoes than anyone before or since. A few clips of their incredible footage appeared in the first volcano video we got from the library … Continue reading →

After the pink-shoe question of fall, 2005, (See blog entry “The Boy Who Likes Pink,” 10/3/05) it seemed the Pink Problem had gone away. Isaac started picking out things that were orange. I let him decide what color of sweatshirt … Continue reading →