Medieval History
My little woman turned 8 today. She who reads biographies now, and snuggles into bed with her Big Book of Science at night. She who brings ailing family members bread and a banana because they're good for you, now eat up. She who builds complex machines to do simple things. She who deems her sister's use of underwear as a hat "disconcerting." She who has always loved moving silently in the midst of strangers, free in the absence of the obligation of having to say something. She who spoke not a word until she was two years old, and then it was "I do it." She who was born on her own, sparing me any pushing at all, and brought the delivery room to delighted laughter in that primal act of independence and pluckiness. She whose assertive use of intuitive spelling in a report resulted in the pilgrims "unforchintly" not finding a suitable port on their first go around. She whose friends wrote her a birthday song which includes the lines "you're smart as a dictionary," and "everything we see from you is like a star shining in the sky." She who rescued a frog and took it into a movie theater to show it a good time. She who loves so deeply and silently. She who treasures her two grown up friends, Mademoiselle Marnie and Daefid Stein. She who still puts her head on my shoulder sometimes when she needs time to think. Oh Iris, I'm so glad you're here.
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Medieval History
Happy Birthday, Iris
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| Iris in Paris, France |
- Very Sad
A.-F. Desportes, Dog and Pheasant, 1780sThis painting has always reminded me of Sawyer: change the coat to black and elongate the tail, and there's our hound.Was. I'm so sad to write that we've decided to find another home for Sawyer. ...
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And so she came, this utterly unexpected and treasured little pixie girl with a fiery heart who would have been called Edgar had she been a boy. She's very interested in this part of her birth: our unknowing, whereas we knew with Oliver and...
- The True Meaning Of Macmas
Today is Macmas! Or, as some call it, Macanalia. It is a day of celebration for a man whose kindness and wit and patience and light makes this planet pretty terrific to dwell in. Brunch for friends in the morning, great big snowstorm in the...
- Dictionary Of Old English Plea
Dear ISAS Members, I hope this all finds you well, surviving the collective end of terms and semesters, and looking forward to what I am sure are well-deserved breaks. As Roberta Frank recently reminded me, The Dictionary of Old English is...