Tag Archives: Babbit

Saturday with a Rock Star…

Posted on September 21, 2013 by thomas

Now that Bee has started school I have grown to really love Saturdays. Before school every day kind of ran together, at least structurally, but now that Bee has to be places on time and the like Saturday is extra … Continue reading →

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Status Update…

Posted on September 10, 2013 by thomas

So, now that I am watching Babbit full-time during the day it seems like the space I have for work is running a little thin. And with so much to do I think I’m going to need to admit that … Continue reading →

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Assimilation (Part II)…

Posted on September 1, 2013 by thomas

Well, it just continues around here. The wee ones are getting more and more British everyday, at least if you accept all they idealized notions of what the lives of British children are like. Not only is Bee helping to … Continue reading →

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Assimilation…

Posted on August 28, 2013 by thomas

I have determined that England is unequivocally a Borg country. (For those of you who are not Star Trek geeks you can catch up here.) They do it with the scones. Oh, and the clotted cream and jam. The place … Continue reading →

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Settling in and Moral Philosophy…

Posted on August 26, 2013 by thomas

Well, we seem to be settling in quite nicely. Bee has made fast friends with the neighbor children. Her new, dear friend Alice is seen here. Well, not quite seen, but carefully hidden in a pair of our new storage … Continue reading →

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Relocation…

Posted on August 25, 2013 by thomas

Hi all… So, we have indeed arrived here in Cambridge safe and sound. Well, safe at least; we may have frayed a bit around the edges along the way (sleep deprivation can do that). Our flat is lovely, and it … Continue reading →

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Trepidation and success…

Posted on August 9, 2013 by thomas

Giving Bee a present is frequently an emotionally fraught event; the moment one mentions a surprise she seems to instantaneously imagine it is the single thing she wants more than anything in the world at that moment. It might be … Continue reading →

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