Category Archives: SillyBilly
Busy Kids
Here’s why SillyBilly has been busy lately: We struggled with the idea of him joining scouts for a long time: the discrimination issue, the selling of things, etc. But in the end we decided the benefits outweighed those more abstract … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Napoleona, papa, School, SillyBilly
Pre-hiatus Update
Dear Bloggy Friends, I must pause. Not to reflect, but to get everything else done. We plan to close on our house on Sept. 8. Of course this has meant numerous phone calls, meetings, and appointments. We’ve got a lot … Continue reading
Filed under editing, Family, freelancing, life, Napoleona, papa, School, SillyBilly
Dragons and Bombs; or, Parental Thinking on Your Feet
Driving down a country road yesterday to pick up Papa and Napoleona: SillyBilly asked, “Mama, what if a big dragon were coming here? What if it was flying up here from the south . . . from Los Angeles?” Mama: … Continue reading
Filed under Deep Thoughts, Kid Talk, Politics, SillyBilly
Trial by Water
Today was rather momentous. At one point this afternoon I realized that the entire day was like an initiation of some kind or another. Rudolf Steiner wrote quite a bit about initiatory experiences, religious, meditative, and quotidian. The quotes I … Continue reading
Filed under Anthroposophy, Deep Thoughts, Family, life, Napoleona, papa, Parenting, Religion, SillyBilly
Vacation; or, We Attack the Pacific Northwest
N.B.: I’m stealing the format of this post from Tammy, because it’s a great way to do this quickly given that we took about 4,000 pictures. We drove from Pocatello to Port Townsend, WA (1,700 miles) to visit Grammy and … Continue reading
Happenings
Life seems very busy right now. I feel like I have no time or energy to blog much. But I do want to…. To perhaps get myself back into the swing (though we are about to go on another vacation, … Continue reading
Filed under Family, Food, Napoleona, Nature, papa, Silliness and Mayhem, SillyBilly
Where I Am
Last week Anthropapa, SillyBilly, and I all got influenza. Honest-to-God, doctor-tested influenza. I don’t know the flavor, whether A, B, swine, or other. Napoleona, as usual, is the healthiest of us all. I do know that it has been very … Continue reading
Filed under Family, Health, Napoleona, papa, SillyBilly
Southern California, May 2009
The kids and I took our annual pilgrimage to see grandparents at the end of May. Then this year the trip came hard on the heels of SillyBilly’s kindergarten graduation, and Anthropapa did not come with us (saving his vacation … Continue reading
Random Things I Thought I’d Share with You
1) SillyBilly has dived full-bore in to reading. He insisted on getting a chapter book yesterday at the book fair at school. I’ve been steering him toward the simpler, early-reader type books… but no, he wanted a big kid book. … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Health, Napoleona, Nature, Nature tables, Silliness and Mayhem, SillyBilly
First Spring Hike
Sunday afternoon Anthropapa had the brilliant idea of taking a hike. You see, SPRING IS FINALLY HERE! We walked a short way up Chinese Peak — we’ll be working our way further and further each time, but it’s going to … Continue reading
Filed under Napoleona, Nature, papa, SillyBilly
