June 10 - Or Maybe There Was Just A Fast Integration Because D Had To Fit In Four

A child integrates
Record time. What could it mean?
Wish we could blast through

June 9 - Please Don't Let Me Get A Barfing Sickness

Uh-oh, R is sick

She does rally for some jumps

But rejects most food

June 8 - If Only I'd Recognized Decades Ago That I Really Enjoyed Writing About New, Cool Research, Life Might Have Unfolded In A Whole Other Direction

KnowlEDGE interview

Today it's machine learning

I love science gigs

June 7 - It Can Feel Good (Later) To Attend To Tasks That You Hate

Rainy day embraced

I can get my taxes done

I'll miss you, money

June 6 - Nine Years In And I'm Suddenly Really Strugging To Keep Up The Haiku Routine

Should I dump this blog?
I'm 10 days behind again
Something's got to change

June 5 - I Don't Mind Big Hills When I'm Working Things Through

Perfect: A cool day

I focus on the project

Then ride my thoughts out

June 4 - Double Playdate Day As E Joins Us For Her First Austin Walk And Trip For Soft-Serve Ice Cream (Sorry, Kid, Not For You Yet)

Tolmie rock scramble

Got to restock my kid snacks

P's a big eater

June 3 - Feelings Of Not Wanting To Ride Disappear Within Seconds Of Getting On My Bike. Every Time.

Late start to cycling

I head left toward Mount Doug

Embracing the light

June 2 - It Was Only Going To Get Harder To Avoid Being Cornered For Inappropriate Conversation

First shift for nanny
She's gone by the end of it

Can't say I'll miss her

June 1 - At The Dallas Beach With Dorothy

Sun in our faces

We talk, laugh and analyze

Toes dipped in cold seas

May 31 - First Post-Covid Trip To Butchart Has Me Wondering How Businesses Are Going To Come Out Of This

Alas, bulbs are done
But the peonies! Splendid
So few people here

May 30 - We Go Test Out A Camper Van In The Old Navy Parking Lot

This van's not the one
I think it's the funny smell
Or hopeless owner

May 29 - In Which Adrian Loses His Glasses In A Spinach Patch And Walks Off His Stress By Joining Kim And I

Mount Doug bike-and-walk

Poppy presents peacefully

Her rule: Pat Just Me

May 28 - Recipe For A Summer Thursday

Rise at 6. Do work

Sun shining? Wrap up by noon

Pack your towel. Ride 

May 27 - First Post-Covid Playdate As The Wee Ones Work Through Their Anxieties

R is so nervous

But just until Pete loads in

Then it's food, fun, beach

May 26 - First Memory Session Almost In The Old Post-Covid Way As We Continue To Work Through The Sorrows

Two more children done

Second alters seem malformed

Like half-done people

May 25 - My Current Obsession Gets In The Way Of A Productive Work Day, But What Can You Expect From A Trapped Traveller?

Hours slip past me

Awash in camper van ads

Dreaming of escape

May 24 - Happy Hours At Esquimalt Lagoon

I bike home sandy

Pump up the easier hill

Ten pounds less to pack

May 23 - On The Pacific Marine Circle Route

We cross the Island
Sadly, the parks are all closed
San Juan Rivers stop

May 22 - The Ideal Plan For Catching Up With The Grandboy While Socially Distancing And Getting The Pets Some Exercise

Zac and I walk dogs
Rosie and Daisy, unsure
why they're together

May 21 - The Ugly Deep-Orange Room With Brown Trim Is Now White And Burgundy, And The Paint Spill In My Final Minutes Luckily Falls Entirely On The Garbage Bag

Another paint day
Strange how stiff my shoulders get
Stretch and stroke. Repeat

May 20 - Not Every Hangout Needs To Be An Adventure

R wants back yard time
The grey skies break; the sun shines
Jump for better days

May 19 - Ritual At The Beach Below The Dallas Cliffs

Dolls are laid to rest
Stacy is here to mourn them
Peace be yours, babies

May 18 - It Feels Like We Might Be Moving Out Of The Fear Stage

Mist makes her debut
We swim at Thetis - so cold!
Adventures are back

May 17 - Mixed Success With Our First Field Trip In Quite Some Time

Road trip to Whiffin
Paul gets pukey; I want pie
There's no pie in Sooke

May 16 - Incident At The Laundromat

Warm water floods out
"Close the door!" my head should say
Instead I just gape

May 15 - Another Trial Of The Esquimalt Lagoon Hills, Because That Beach Is Just So Nice

I pick up Chinese
It caps a day in the sun,
reading Agatha

May 14 - Always Down Tools When A Grey Day Turns Brilliant

Ah, sun on the rock
Book to read. Lake to enjoy
Wandering ride home

May 13 - A Very Nice Afternoon That Doesn't Even Go Too Sideways When The Much-Loved Pacific Sand Lance Falls Between The Porch Boards And Can't Be Rescued

Luring the fearful
is best done with sand and sun
Stuffies to bury

May 12 - This Day Had A Lot Of Talking And Listening In It, Along With Fear When Richard Was Slow To Wake Up

All these damn Zoom calls!
D memories in between
Ice cubes on the neck

May 11 - I Had Big Plans To Have Some Fun Cycling And Sunning, But They Didn't Really Come Together

Day is strange and still
Might as well get some work done
And snoop on Sean's "mom"