Tad Williams

One of the most astounding things about children is how much like actual people they are, and how quickly that happens. Our two, Boy and Girl, showed their idiosyncratic selves pretty much from the get- go. Deborah was giving me reports about Girl when she was in utero – “She’s really got a will,” Deborah reported.

(She should know, since her own stubborness shaped her and helped to get her where she is today. Which is across the room as I write this, but I mean it in a more general way – it got her out of her small town, into university and a career, and eventually all the way to A...

Little tree frogs in the flower pots. Hummingbirds circling my head. Salamanders trying to be invisible. Chihuahua acting fierce. Beagle ears. Poodle fur. Kids laughing at the other end of the house. General cuddling. Pixar movies. Coming home from a trip. A good local pizza parlor. A traditional British pub. A curry after the concert. The streets of Athens at night. Toledo gearing up for a holy-day festival. The red deserts in Utah. Playing music with my buddies. Exploring the Mustafa Centre in Singapore. Watching the kids dance. Insulting the cats. The web. A reliable connection. After th...

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