→ July 20, 2010
We are back in Ontario for our first extended visit since moving west last summer. In a way, it feels like we haven’t been gone a year. Familiar places, familiar faces. Some new construction and some new destruction, but it all feels very familiar. Our first day trip was down to the Beaches. I have [...]
→ July 4, 2010
Seven years ago, I was standing outside the OR at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto when a nurse handed me two babies – one wrapped in a blue towel, the other in pink. After a few minutes, I had to sit down – not because they were heavy, but because I couldn’t really do anything [...]
→ May 16, 2010
For their last birthday (or was it the one before that?) we bought the twins one of those 5/8 sized guitars. They’ve barely touched it since. The guitar was sitting in Ben’s room the other night and I picked it up and made up a silly bedtime song on the spot. You know, one of [...]
→ May 4, 2010
I am always amazed at how literate kids are about new technologies. “Dad, do you have an iTouch or an iPhone?” Ben asked me tonight as I was preparing dinner. “iPhone,” I answered. “Good, ’cause that’s the best one.” “Why, Ben?” I wondered. “Can your phone see YouTube?” “Yes.” “Well, that’s a really important site,” [...]
