By her logic, they know her already and must have forgotten
She visited my office one time, but she figures that people were impressed enough that they must have forgotten to reach out to see if she wanted to participate.
Opinion editor looks at available options, makes controversial call against fascist
Vote Harris—early, if you can—on the Working Families party line. It is the thing we can do right now to make space for arguments we need to have. Any alternative closes off any room for debate—and not in ways that serve the people we care for the most. For Kina.
Rumor of former classmate’s return from Copenhagen for one week, summarily dismissed by parents, proves to be true
Apparently you can come back to your elementary school for a little while after moving to another country, which I did not know. You can also go to the Apple store for field trips. Man breath.
How Lucy’s parents weren’t exactly chimps, and how Kina is her own special being
I don’t know why it was surprising to me that a third grader hadn’t been introduced to the theory of evolution, but I enjoyed the opportunity to think it through with Kina, who was really hung up on the idea that Lucy–an australopithecine ancestor of modern humans (with whom Laurea and Kina are both obsessed)—had parents who might have been chimps.
When did we stop being chimps and start being humans? Was one generation chimp-ly and the next human-ly? What was so different about Lucy?
I told Kina that we don’t stop being one thing and start being another. I am a little chimpier, maybe, than she is. She is closer to the future of who we are than I am.
Rhetorical ambiguity leads to endless, hilarious confusion for kid
If you ever want to watch the modern equivalent of a Laurel and Hardy sketch, just hang out near me and Kina when we are having dinner together and I’m trying to explain common colloquialisms.
He realizes that she may have inherited the family book problem
When I think back on my childhood, I often remember my parents taking me to the bookstore, and so that is what I have been doing with Kina, now that she is a more avid reader. What I did not consider is the net cost of all those trips to the bookstore.
Kina’s house is filled with the lilting “PTBTHBTHBT” strains of dirtbikes and jackhammers
I just get so few opportunities to call out when Kina doesn’t know what a thing is called. “Construction Thumpers” is so good. Also, she really did spend the entire day just making raspberries.
