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Springtime Fresh Ankle Robots Mean Love

About seven weeks ago, Ryley asked if he could join his school’s robotics team. We said okay. He was excited and went to a day-long kick-off event. They picked up supplies and learned the specific tasks their robot had to perform. While he was gone, I went shopping. It was a typical trip to Target […]

“Gravity” is A Space Movie That’s Not About Space

“Gravity” could have taken place on the top of Mt. Everest, or on the ocean floor. It’s not about space. The story told in “Gravity” is sweetened and deepened by being set in space, however. It’s a character, too, a metaphor for every type of vast emptiness and cold incomprehensible hostility aimed at human fragility. […]

Joining Basil

I wrote about shopping with Ryley. He’s abandoned the land of baseball-playing frogs. Read about Man Pants over at A Deeper Family. Please say hello. I’m kinda fond of this post. What milestones surprised you?

(The title of this post makes total sense if you went through a Fitzgerald phase. If you came here […]