The Zog Blog

Now that the difficult fast of Yom Kippur is over… well, let’s be clear about one thing first. The fasting is actually not so bad. Going without food and water for 26 hours? Not so difficult, as it turns out. Going without caffeine for 26 hours? Ye gods, please just run me over with a [...]

I’m flying back to Maine for the funeral this weekend, alone. I haven’t got anything more public to say, really, just some private leave-takings of my own and a need for time with my family.
It will be the first time I’ve been away from Jacob overnight since his birth almost two years ago. He’s changed [...]

Grammie Lo-Lo has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I spent a huge part of my childhood in her warm, clean house–being read to, then reading to myself, playing Legos and dress-up, running wild in her back yard. I am like her in many ways, and we always [...]

Yesterday? Not the greatest day. In fact, one of the more trying ones, in the dying-from-a-thousand-papercuts sense. But hey, it’s over. And I promise I’ll get to your comments and questions from the last entry soon. Of course, part of the problem was another slew of computer issues. Thankfully (and almost unbelievably), none of them [...]

And sadly, this goes for grandmother visits, too.

I think they had a good time.

I hope so, because we loved having them, and hope they return soon!

Me? I’m rejoicing in the spring that has finally arrived. The weather was so warm for Bev and Nancy’s visit, and everything was so sunny for most of this [...]

We have visitors! Mie-Mie (short for “Grammie Bev”) and Nanny (Nancy) are spending some time with us this weekend. Jacob is having a blast with all of the silly attention. Yesterday, we went to the Hakone Gardens up in Saratoga.

Jacob has previously only seen these gardens from the immobility of the back-pack carrier, but [...]

I know, I know. All I can say is, I promise to update at least twice a week from now on. I am hereby stating it publicly with many witnesses!

So what’s been happening? Well, a steady stream of visitors, which I guess shouldn’t surprise me since we live in one of the most beautiful places [...]

You know, I really do think of something to post about almost every day. I get the post composed in my head, and then Jacob either smears mayonnaise on something or attempts something life-threatening and I run off to deal with it, the words of the post scattering through the air like dust.
And then, [...]

I don’t let Jacob watch much television, but lately he has been requesting Sesame Street. Watching it is a really neat trip down memory lane. They still use some of the little shorts from when I was a kid! (Although the ones I recognize are invariably pocked with film-marks and scratchy.) Cookie monster liking carrots [...]

It is So.

Damn.

Good.

To be home.

Sorry about the radio silence, folks. The jet-lag has hit all of us a lot harder in this direction, and we’re basically just coming up for air. It was wonderful to see friends and family, but I have to say I vastly prefer the CA surroundings. Crisp but [...]

Of course we had a lot of fun with Jacob’s second Halloween. Trick-or-treating still seemed like too much for him, but on Saturday we had a great party with lots of other families, old friends and new. Adults were supposed to dress up as tv characters. Jon was Jamie from the show Mythbusters, and I [...]

Jacob has been a very busy bee. He got his first real haircut, in a barbershop no less. It was very Normal Rockwell. He seems to go faster, now that he’s not weighed down by his locks.

He attended the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival:

He got all the decorations when we took down the [...]

Bizarre artifact of Mom’s death #37: I pretty much can’t listen to a Jim Croce song without tearing up. I have no idea why. They just all remind me of her in a very sad way.
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It’s Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. This is a joyous and thoughtful holiday, as we prepare for Yom [...]