I should have been updating my collection of odd quotations and malapropisms. Here are a few: Today, Katie wrote to me and quoted her conversation with Peter: “That train has sailed, I’m afraid,” she told him. This from Cheryl a couple years ago: “You don’t want to bite your nose to spite your face.” I have a couple quotations from Molly when she was an irritable teenager. While we were stopped at a red light, […]
Read moreMonth: November 2014
Newborn
Eleni has brought forth onto this continent a new baby, conceived in liberty and as yet unnamed. He was 7 pounds, 14 ounces, 19 inches tall, 13 inches around the head. He arrived at 9:36 p.m. He has abundant black hair, as did Emmy, and is very red and wrinkly and beautiful. Eleni made it through the whole process at an alternative birth center, without any drugs. I am amazed and proud. She’s on Cloud […]
Read moreA Few of My Favorite Things
I am going more than a wee bit bonkers. As of an hour ago, my daughter is in labor, and I can hardly stand the suspense from this perspective. As you may recall from entries four years ago, I was there at the birth of my beloved Emmy. So it’s strange to be disconnected from the events this time. Earlier this evening, Eleni and I spent a long time on the phone, as the first signs of labor began to […]
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Several years ago I wrote about Bill Bricker, a camp counselor who had a tendency to molest children. Just for fun, last night I decided to Google him to see what’s up. What I found totally delighted me. On that very day, he was in court facing pedophile charges. More than 45 years after William Bricker’s supervisors at a Winnetka school heard claims that he had molested boys, the former teacher and Scout leader is due […]
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