Great day with the family, working in the yard and the house. I am constantly surprised by how wonderful it is to increase the definition of different areas. When my yard bleeds into one blob, it feels chaotic to be out there.
I get something inside when there are boundaries in the garden. Different areas for [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘kensington’
May 9, 2009
re: definition
May 6, 2009
Lily the Happy Hooper
Lily is sick on the hula hoop. Here’s a little video that she and I whipped up on my macbook.
She and Helena have done a few household performances as The Happy Hoopers. What a name! I feel like I’m on the Cosby Show!
February 20, 2009
Law & Disorder in where?
Jenni got me watching this BBC special hosted by Louis Theroux called Law & Disorder in Philadelphia. Below is the first of 6 parts that you can view on youtube, or on Jenni’s blog (link above).
I can’t help but feel a lot of things while watching. It’s pretty good in the [...]
November 30, 2008
chillaxin in the Mohawk Valley
I love Philadelphia. I also love vacation, and it feels like it doesn’t happen all that often-we have a lot to do. Wednesday night we rolled up to my mom’s house in the center of New York State, Thurs morning drove to my aunt’s house outside of Buffalo, chilled for a few hours and then [...]
November 21, 2008
Things Better Left Unsaid #247: talking to kids about torture at the dinner table
So last night we’re having dinner (me, MG, Jay, and my 2 daughters Helena-7 and Lily-4) and Martha’s cell comes up. She is thinking about what to talk about next week (Tues night in Fishtown at Lindsay Mae’s house) since they are doing a sort of short series on world events and justice issues. She [...]
November 15, 2008
November in full swing
We actually got to play flag football last night. The conditions were glorious (55 degrees, a little bit muddy) and we had 6 on 6. So good. I forgot to bring my camera so there are no action shots, although Timmy Grant got a permit for 5th and Master Friday nights until Feb or something. [...]
November 9, 2008
Getting Africanized
I just wrote a longer post on the Circle of Hope blog, but at least wanted to mention how pumped I am to get the drumming classes going again-see earlier post here for deets.
Last night a group of us spent several hours re-headding and building djemebes. I learned a lot about a lot. We tried [...]
October 31, 2008
Wonderful End to October, Oh Eight!
What a day. I was one of the few at class this morning, and we started a new book-I Write What I Like by Steve Biko. So good. You may have seen Denzel play him in Cry Freedom. I did (sorry Balz) cut class this afternoon to take the fam down to the Phillies parade! [...]
