Category Archives: Children
Nothing is what it seems
Scratch the surface of any conventional wisdom and, sure enough, it’ll turn out to be based on misapprehension, misinformation or even outright lies. Often this doesn’t matter much; at least, not in a way that truly affects one’s life. When … Continue reading
What’s in a name?
Franbert has now been gestating in the womb for 24 weeks and Sarah’s belly has begun to grow very quickly. It’s hard to imagine she still has almost four months left to go before Franbert is finally unleashed upon us. … Continue reading
New Hobby
Babies do weird things to people; well, not even babies. Foetuses do weird things to people. For some reason, I have been drawn into the dark, subterranean world of… baby shopping. That’s right, there’s nothing I now like more than … Continue reading
Images From Within
Sarah and I went along to Stanford Hospital today for our third ultrasound scan of the baby. The last one was at 13 weeks into the pregnancy, so expectations were running high as we headed in for the 22 week … Continue reading
Lifeblood
_”So God is dead, like Nietzsche said. Supersition is all we have left.”_ That’s a lyric from the song 1985, which opens the Manic Street Preachers’ most recent album, Lifeblood. That lyric, more than any other I’ve been exposed to … Continue reading