The Promise:

and the Reality:

Believe it or not, the little white tray with the balls and squares contains baby food. Joel gobbled up his 1970’s avocado-green-kitchen-colored peas with gusto. The spongy pasta pockets were wolfed down as well.

But wow! How guilty I felt foisting that mess on him. When first […]

Today was the first day that I could go outside and smell that winter was hovering nearby. The leaves on the trees are half-gone, revealing skeletal limbs and branches. It is almost like the trees have peeled themselves of all adornment, ready for the judgment of the cold and snow. Nature is getting serious with […]