Back in the saddle

Okay, so it's been three years. Forgive me. I promise to fill in the blanks in future posts. In the meantime, I've been cultivating a relationship with the next generation. It's been a worthwhile endeavor, since, as we discovered a year ago—at three and a half—the kid could read. Yes, I'm happy. As a former adult literacy tutor, I prefer this precociousness to the alternative. And yet...