It’s been one year to the day that I brought home Cambria, my shelter traumatized, shy, then two-and-a-half-year-old Siamese mix. Owing to his back story, it took much longer for him to warm up to us than it did for Percy or Tristan. But he’s so clearly there now! He’s still not a lap cat, […]
Monthly Archive for October, 2011
The Fascination with What’s Difficult
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy on Oct 3rd, 2011
Has not, I hoped, “dried the sap out of [his] veins, and rent spontaneous joy and natural content out of [his] heart.” (William Butler Yeats, “The Fascination of What’s Difficult”.) I decided this summer that Simon should start piano lessons this year. He’s got the attention span and hands for it, he likes music, and […]