by Brian Crawford | Mar 30, 2005 | family, school
my family and I are currently up in Canada and have been for the past little while – my first year of school officially ended last week of February and my father came down the following week to help us drive our stuff up to Ontario. We completed the trip a few...
by Brian Crawford | Dec 8, 2004 | family
… sitting on the floor with your 20 month old, sharing a big plate of fresh strawberries and watching Dora the Explorer and Boots outwit Swiper the Fox (albiet using the same method they use every episode).
by Brian Crawford | Nov 27, 2004 | family
the other week my parents came down from Canada to see their kids (my sister, who lives in Charleston, and myself) and also to see their grandson of course, which was really great – they don’t get to see him nearly often enough. They looked after him for a...
by Brian Crawford | Oct 10, 2004 | family
this evening before heading out to the bookstore with Y&C I decided to change my contact lenses for some reason. So I threw away the old ones and got a new pair out. When I put the first lens in – ouch! Burning pain! So I rinsed it with some more saline...
by Brian Crawford | Jul 20, 2004 | family
I’m on my laptop at Cool Beans, a coffee shop near the horseshoe at the University of South Carolina that has free wireless access. We have finished classes for the day and I’m working on a few things that I need to get done by Thursday. Here is an...
by Brian Crawford | May 5, 2004 | family, personal, work
watch Kitten Cam! They’re getting a checkup at the Vet today so you will have to wait ’til later to catch them. Until then you can stare at a couple of empty bowls if you so wish. today we had a going away lunch at work – for me! We went to Sakyo in...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 19, 2004 | family, travel
yesterday Yvonne, Callum and I woke up at 4:00 AM to catch a 6:15 AM flight from Charleston to Ottawa, then drove for three hours (through some very light, peaceful snow – the first I have seen in years) to my parents’ cottage at Paudash Lake, just outside...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 13, 2004 | family
we just had a garage sale – and even though in the newspaper we put 7:00 AM as the time that we would start selling, we had one guy show up at 5:30 and at least 20 other people show up before 7:00 (we realized it would be this way). I only had about 3 hours of...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 2, 2004 | family, poetry
resplendent in faded jeans and a t-shirt a small boy rolling happily before me rubber wheels jostling over sidewalk cracks a mop-covered head peering over one side cool air bitingly fresh and clean golden reeds waving from shimmering pools moist buds blistering on...
by Brian Crawford | Feb 8, 2004 | family
yesterday Callum got his hair cut! Now instead of looking like a little sheepdog, he looks like a little boy. here is a picture from yesterday, and one from this evening. he turns 10 months in 2 days – it is amazing how time flies. in other news, we have been...
