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Monthly Archives: December 2006

Twelve Weeks

Friday, December 22, 2006

We had an ultrasound on Monday. The baby is looking healthy. He (or she) is active — rolling around and kicking off the side of the uterus.
If you’ll indulge me, here’s the highlight reel. (1.6 MB Quicktime, about 5 minutes to dowload on dialup)
The second trimester begins on Christmas day.

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Illuminate

Friday, December 15, 2006

There are no lights on anywhere between Ikea and the I-90 tunnel on Mercer Island. Out the other end of the tunnel and looking across the lake, the only lights that can be seen are the headlights of a few cars and lights in the tops of skyscrapers peaking over Capitol Hill. I drive onto [...]

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Hoopla

Friday, December 15, 2006

Some of the best personal writing on the web was written by Leslie Harpold at The Hoopla500.

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Morning Noon and Night

Friday, December 15, 2006

Tricia goes out for early errands. She comes back with bagels as I get out of the shower. I’m having a slow leisurely start today. I turn on the radio and learn that many of my neighbors are hardly having an average morning: More than half the city is without power. Trees are down and [...]

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Filing

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

I sort through a pile of business receipts and put them into files. It’s difficult. So many of them pull an emotional string in me.
A receipt from a bookstore in Kent: I remember waiting in the Court House for two days to find out if I’d been chosen for jury duty. This was just after [...]

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