Category: photos
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The View From Here
As is our tradition, we drove out to the Marmion Abbey last week to cut down our Christmas tree. Because we spent last Christmas in Taipei with my sister and brother-in-law, this was Eliot’s first experience selecting the perfect tree. He did great.
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The View From Here
Eliot and I walked to our favorite book store, 57th Street Books, this afternoon so I could pick up a copy of Carlos Eire’s latest, Learning to Die in Miami. It’s my favorite book store because of it’s selection, helpful clerks and quintessential independent bookshop ambiance. It’s Eliot’s favorite because they have a basket of…
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The View From Here
Who says print journalism is dead? True, it’s only the Red Eye, but give the kid some credit. At this rate he’ll be chuckling at The New Yorker cartoons before kindergarten.
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Recommended Reading: Irene’s Daughters
It’s rarely something I choose to write about, but becoming parents to our adopted son over a year ago is the beautiful subtext to our lives these days. Ours was a transracial adoption, meaning that Eliot’s ethnicity differs from ours. Perhaps at some point I’ll have something to say about our somewhat non-traditional family, but…
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The View From Here
On Tuesday we had planned to take Eliot on his first camping trip to the Warren Dunes State Park in Michigan. Unfortunately he came down with a nasty cold so we had to stay home instead. We managed to still have some fun.
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