Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Hibernation

Absolutely wiped tonight.  The lack of light is getting to me earlier than usual, maybe because we got so little over the spring and "summer"...

... and I need to get up early tomorrow to package up my nephew's birthday present and get it ready for the post.  I can't quite believe he's going to be 5, although of course he went to school in September so that should have been some warning...

And while I was thinking about this, and bringing the last bit of A's birthday present home, I was listening to a podcast which was both wonderful and terrible, from US National Public Radio's Fresh Air programme; the interview is with Andrew Solomon, an author who has written a book called Far from the tree, about what happens if your children are very different from you.  They discuss three scenarios from the book - children born as a result of rape, Down's syndrome children, and children who become criminals (in this case, the author interviewed the parents of Dylan Klebold, one of the killers at Columbine).  It's sometimes a bit difficult to listen to and rather beautiful at the same time.   And there's a small family resonance - A's oldest cousin has Down's so it was interesting to hear that section of the podcast.

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