Excitement abounds here in the Long household as preparations are made for the arrival of Santa. At 9- and 8-years old, the girls are at that prime age when Christmas is long anticipated and full…
It was dark before I got around to shoveling the walkway. The girls were excited to be outside, but I had a chore to complete. They wanted to go sledding, so they started down the…
As we pulled into our driveway after running errands preparing for her Monster High birthday party, DancinGirl, who was generally excited about the day, announced that she has been thinking a lot, recently, about death.…
LITCHFIELD, SC - Vacation can be a time for moments of insight and tenderness. One such moment came this week for me at a restaurant here in South Carolina called Studio Café. (You can see…
Dear DancinGirl: Do you know why I call you DancinGirl when I write about you here? It is because, from the moment I met you, now almost six years ago, you were dancing. At first,…
Aristotle, of course, famously said: "For it is by way of wondering that people both now and at first began to philosophize ..." (Metaphysics, I.2, 982b13-4). Tonight, ArtGirl began to philosophize. She wondered so eloquently…
Dear Hannah: Today is the day we have been talking about since the summer - finally, it's your birthday! Today we celebrate you and the way you have celebrated us everyday since you arrived four…
Here is episode 13 of Life with Chloe and Hannah. I have collected the video I took a few months ago at the Tussey Ski Area when they are dancing on the deck. I admire…
Here is another episode of Life with Chloe and Hannah (LwCH). It is a relatively short recording of the girls playing a typical game with their dolls, putting them to sleep and waking up again.…
I have posted Life with Chloe and Hannah, episode 01 below. It is the first of what I hope to be an ongoing collection of podcasts that capture something of the daily life of my…