With summer on the wane, and the school year rapidly closing in upon us like a church service (I used to say “freight train” in this sort of context, but at this point in my mothering career getting hit with a church service is actually more traumatic than being hit by a freight train), I… Continue reading Child Inside, Child Outside

An event of some moment has taken place in the Pickwickian domicile. A new little Pickwick has joined the ranks and Fr Pickwick finds in this new recruit not another lovely young lady, but rather an ally for himself and possibly even a bass. Well, in a few years. The Pickwicks find themselves rather puzzled,… Continue reading The Pickwicks are Pleasantly Puzzled, and Baby P Gets a Promotion