Archive for June, 2006

Photogenic
June 5, 2006

Last week I received my new camera.  I sold off a ton of my old camera equipment (it was gathering dust in the storage room) and used the proceeds to by a Pentax *ist DL to go with the 4 lens I had set aside.  (I also had enough left over to buy a new [...]

Week #2
June 5, 2006

My second week of stay-at-home-dadness has begun. Last week went surprisingly well.  Granted, Kate is only working half-days so I’m only alone with Ruby for 6 hours at a time instead of 10.  But still, I enjoyed my time with Ruby.  I’m getting much better at just sitting and playing with her for long stretches.  [...]

What’s the worst best that could happen?
June 2, 2006

I am deliberately trying to be an uncautious parent.  At a drop-in parent’s group we attended a few days ago, one mother worried about whether she should tell her child’s name to strangers she encountered while walking in her neighbourhood.  Another told us we should remove any fleece liners we may have put in our [...]