Monthly Archives: January 2009

If you’re feeling grumpy …

… well, that’s ok. We go through these phases in our home when songs are king. Just the other day my wife was picking up Ava from Pre-school when the teacher pulled her aside. Never a good sign. Teacher: Do you know that Ava sings a lot? Wife: Yes. She sings all the time. Teacher: [...]

a tightening of harmony

I feel bad for her. Since Tessa arrived her world has turned upside down. Ava is as full of life and imagination and wonder as you would expect a four year old child to be. She sings through most of her day and dances through the remainder. Her mind and mouth constantly moving as she [...]

Nothing much to say

I’ve started writing posts for this site a dozen times in the past week or so and have not been able to finish one of them. I’d like to finish them. Really I would, but everything seems to take either time or money and this particular task is requiring more time than I have, or [...]

The boy and his stone

A young boy was once given a stone. It was no ordinary stone. It was comfortable to hold, iridescent and warm. When held the stone would hum a faint beautiful melody. In the the boy’s eyes the stone was perfect in almost every way. In fact, its only blemish was some faint carving that had [...]