Almost a new year - So much change. New President. New Love. New work. Rebooting the o'l blog too - www.charisophia.blogspot.com ( Read more... )

Kids can be so wise...

M says she needs to wear her Tiger Mask so the scary parts of the movie we're going to watch don't, y'know, scare her too much.  Genius!!!

So is life freaking you out?  Wear a mask.  Grrrrrrrrrrrr!  Take that, traffic.  ROAR!  Et voila, banker... poof.

I am masked... it can not harm me.  Mwa ha ha ha...

We had a great day.  We planned a mini garden party for M, and two of her little dude friends came over ( Read more... )

Every once in a while you meet a man who makes an impression on you for many years.  Perhaps not a great teacher per se... maybe just a solid soul who inspires by way of extraordinary humanity.  Bob Rawlinson could make that kind of impression on people.  He has on me ( Read more... )

Damn it all to hell ( Read more... )

Right, it's decided.  We'll sell our fancy flats. We need the dough to invest in biz and cheaper digs.  Spread it around a bit more effectively ( Read more... )

I've done it.  Fallen hard for a man over sixty ( Read more... )

Ok, I feel like such a curmudgeon but it was creepy watching parents wheel the bairn into St. Ignatius over Easter last week ( Read more... )

So reflecting on how there's no pub I'd be caught dead in on Paudie's day, I figure I'll just invent my own.  There needs to be a burlesque pub.   Think of the cool stuff we could do.  I have in mind a particular few girls it would be masses of fun to pull pints with.  In this sort of place, you could ( Read more... )

Thursday  - super catch up with the ever-brilliant.
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