The Zog Blog

At this rate, the JetBlue people are going to start remembering me. I’m headed back (alone) to Boston on a whirlwind trip to take care of stuff at the condo, since we got some new tenants (hooray!). I’m sort of late in getting ready to leave, so in lieu of an actual update, I’d like [...]

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 [...]

Oh, New England.

How I’ve missed you.
(Yes, yes, of course there were baby pictures too. Go take a gander at the whole set, if you want.)

Things we have to do before hopping on a plane late Wednesday night: Approximately a million.
Things we did this weekend instead of getting on that travel prep?

Played with some water.

Rearranged some furniture.

Watered some plants.

Played the world’s first-ever teapot flute.
In other words, we had a great time and didn’t sweat [...]

We see you!

Hopefully we will see some of you soon, actually. As I mentioned in my last post, we’re soon to be headed to New England. All three of us arrive at Logan god-awful early Thursday the 21st; Jon leaves for Venice on something like July 2, and Jacob and I leave on July 9th. [...]

We sure got a lot of weather, in Maine.

In the course of the 12 days we were there, we saw bitter cold (4.1 degrees, baby!), relative warmth with accompanying rain, and a blizzard. Fun times! Jacob loved the snow, and on the whole loved the trip. Even the airplane rides weren’t so bad.
One of the [...]

One day, not long ago, it was warm enough outside for Jacob to run around wearing only a diaper.

Another day, not long after that, Jon decided to get his outdoor herb garden started for the year.

Today, the high in Pebble Beach is 65 degrees. It’s already 50, and sunny, and beautiful.
Today, the [...]