Today is our sixth anniversary. Stephen and I spent yesterday and today at the beach with Nicholas. Stephen did all the legwork (thank you!)...

Studying a spreadsheet today at work, my eyes ran across the book title S tar Wars Origami to land on the name of the author: Chris Alexa...

I've been working on a writing project about glaziers in the U.S. - a subject I didn't know much about before now. In fact, before a...

It was early evening, and Nicholas had just gotten up from a nap with the man who calls him Dog. Nicholas had been feeling bad lately, and h...

Nicholas vibrates on my lap at five in the morning. At five-thirty in the morning. At six. He shivers, then jolts and tries to lick his sutu...

I don't know what time it is. Ten? The place is packed, and I'm feeling so guilty for bringing Stephen and Nicholas out here again t...

That moment when Stephen took Nicholas off the leash at Strawberry Island, the world around - the trees and the hiking trail, the tall, wavi...