Linux, musical road-dogging, and daily life by Paul W. Frields
 
Author: <span>Paul Frields</span>

A little hair of the dog.

Despite her illness, Evie is back to shutterbugging tonight, and as usual her brother was her main Muse. “Stand over there.” “Now put your hand up like this.” We weren’t sure whether we should be pleased about bringing up the next Annie Leibowitz or worried about her creating a toddler-set …

Day of the (walking) dead.

Both the kids are down with double ear infections, as diagnosed by the doctor today… He prescribed them a different kind of 3-day regimen antibiotic, so hopefully they’ll feel some relief shortly, especially my poor little Evie who was complaining about her earache this morning. (Ethan doesn’t really ever complain …

How you know your daughter has watched “Star Wars” one time too many.

At bedtime, after medicine for her persistent cough: “Good night, honey bunny.” “And daddy?” Conjunctions are all the rage with the preschool crowd. Life to them is one long run-on sentence, with no punctuation in sight. “What, sweetie?” “Maybe tomorrow my strength will return. But tonight it has failed.”