For two Saturday mornings now, we’ve enjoyed the company of some remarkably friendly butterflies at Nathan’s soccer games. Locals: we encounter these in the east central part of Palmer Park, on the field colloquially known as “lower lower north.” These aren’t fleeting, lucky shots. These butterflies land on you as soon as you sit down … Read more
Recently Nathan and I had a conversation about invasive species. We talked about how we accidentally got fire ants, starlings, and (gulp) Burmese pythons in the United States. So he told me tonight on the way to soccer practice that when he is a grown-up, he is going to “accidentally” introduce the rhinoceros to northern … Read more
I thought this was an uncommonly nice note and gesture from my son’s teacher, if (frankly) more than a little forward. As I was considering how best to reply—conveying appreciation, but also gently letting her know that I wasn’t interested in anything but a professional parent-teacher relationship with her—Lea patiently explained that the note and … Read more