This is one of Joe’s Montesorri toys, designed to teach him Object Permanence: the Concept that things still exist even when you can’t see them. Mostly he uses it to teach himself another very important …
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Object Permanence
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Queen Mother
For Mother’s Day, Morrison updated this pic of Joe and I by Lake Tahoe to reflect me as my TRUE SELF: a medieval Queen, with great Knowledge and Secrets. For Mother’s Day, Joe woke up …
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Heavy Metal
It came to light a few months back that there are potentially unsafe levels of metal in many baby foods, including, this just in, the ‘organic’ puree pouches we’ve been giving Joe for the last …
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write what you Don’t Know
There is the adage write what you know and I’ve kind of lived and written by it. I’ve mined my life and my heart and my mind for stories, for things that have happened to …
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we have Clothes
One of my favorite things about Morrison is that he has these occasional moments of profound perspective and gratitude in which he truly just stops to appreciate what he has, out loud. Oftentimes the thing …
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CPR
With each of Joe’s new phases come fresh worries. We’re starting to give him solid foods and My brain synapses are lighting up like the HOT NOW sign outside of a Krispy Kreme. This week’s …
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Questions to Never Ask
I’ve been venturing out of the house more and more, even went up to Ojai for a night to finish a rewrite (THANK YOU MORRISON.) While there, TWO DIFFERENT WOMEN on TWO DIFFERENT DAYS asked …
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Mrs. Brunsteller
The waiter hands me back my bill and credit card, with a little reverent bow, and great seriousness: Thank you, Mrs. Brunsteller. I humbly receive the items, doing a weird little bow myself, also with …
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Do you Validate
As I feel my feelings, and think about those feelings, then feel the feelings all over again, which might be the other Circle of Life? I realize that all people really need is food, water, …
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Quick and Easy Lemon Curd
Zest 900 lemons Coax out their juice whip with butter for the rest of your life WONDER WHERE EXACTLY YOU GET OFF THINKING YOU HAVE TIME OR VALID REASON TO MAKE YOUR OWN LEMON CURD …