Comments on: He’s the hairy, hairy gent, who ran amok in Kent.

By: rassles

rassles — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:32:36 +0000

Dude, your son’s got a sweet fucking tat. NICE.

I mean, brilliant.
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By: blues

blues — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:19:48 +0000

Wow. I’ve really missed you. Boy Z is so big. And I’m jealous of holidays and Calexico. Well, we have a lot of holidays here as well, I just don’t get paid when they come around, which sucks.

The other day I was having beers in a plaza with some friends. The plaza was jam packed full of people like it always is on Saturdays, full of groups of friends standing around with beers. Some woman with a child had lost her other child. ‘Miguuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeel’ was the blood curdling call that she let out while her little five or six year old son behind her called out the same thing, his face all streaked with tears. People tried to stop her to get some description of what the boy looked like so we could all start helping her, but it was as if she was gone somewhere. It was pretty funny because about 200 people suddenly started looking for little Miguel and within moments he was found. But that mom’s panic was so sobering and stayed with me all day. I could just completely imagine myself in her shoes.
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By: Dina

Dina — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:51:00 +0000

Beautiful post about the struggles of parenthood. I love the idea of writing your name on your son’s arm in permanent marker. I was disappointed to hear it washed off in the rain. Although I guess it’s good to know that water will remove such a marking.

It is incredibly hard to see our children get hurt, and it’s also hard to see other children get hurt, and imagine that could be our child one day. I guess that’s what gives us empathy for other parents, and that’s much needed in this world.

By: Here In Franklin

Here In Franklin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:45:49 +0000

“Lately he’s been overheard in Mayfair….’”
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By: edenland

edenland — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:42:30 +0000

Beautiful post …. beautiful photos! Good on you for doing Clean Up Australia, I have never done it, whoopsies.
Love to you mate XO

By: sarala

sarala — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:15:20 +0000

Hi, Looks like life is good Down Under. I’ve wanted to do one of the garbage clean ups on Lake Michigan with my kids but never gotten to it. Mine are too old to think of it as a great adventure but might be convinced with some serious arm twisting.
Or I could just do it solo.
We’ve spring rains here but since they foretell better weather we are grudgingly enjoying them. It is good to be nearly past snow season. I’m looking forward to putting the salt and shovels away!
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By: yellojkt

yellojkt — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:55:30 +0000

I could use some more silly holidays. I don’t even get Presidents Day off.

By: Margaret (Nanny Goats)

Margaret (Nanny Goats) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:03:49 +0000

I love this post. So nicely written and heartfelt and moving and….rainy. So much rain, I kept reaching for my umbrella while reading this.
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By: Papa Bradstein

Papa Bradstein — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:46:46 +0000

Thanks for the tip about Compagnie Transe Express. What an amazing show that must have been.

As for the heartbreaks and blood, yeah, you’re spot on there. I can still see my son’s head bouncing off the step just out of reach of myself and Mama as he split his chin open. He was just learning to crawl and had turned around to smile at us when one of his hands slipped out from under him.

If we didn’t love them so much, it wouldn’t hurt so bad.
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By: Allie

Allie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:29:15 +0000

That’s so cool that you two did that together!

Also, you wrote your name and number on your kid – you are so awesome.
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