Every now and then I wake up and find that Beatrice has learned a whole new repertoire of skills overnight. On Monday her Language Production Unit suddenly activated, and she began making sounds that really sounded like language – ba ba ba, ma ma ma. The same day she discovered that she could move around on the floor – backwards, but still. She is Mobile! Let the babyproofing begin in earnest.
As for me, I got a haircut and feel like a new woman. Must not forget the easy solutions.
I also found a link to this site a few days ago, and have been thinking about it since. It ties in with my recent obsession with the end of the world as we know it, which I am more and more convinced that we will see in our lifetimes. But this is more than just the end of driving out to Horseshoe Bay in the evening simply because we feel like it, but a monumental (elemental? I am searching for the right word but nothing seems to really convey the hugeness of this) trauma to the earth. Is it something that we as a civilization can prepare for in any meaningful way? Or is it like holding an umbrella over your head to protect you from the tsunami? And am I causing myself psychological harm by even worrying about this stuff? Is it all a bunch of crazy hooey? I suspect that the most useful way to prepare for even the possibility of a major change, whether a post-oil world or a post-polar-shift world, is just to love your loved ones, live right as best you can and cultivate your spirituality. Because if you live through the disaster, and even if you don’t, you will probably need it.

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