I can hardly believe it and in fact find it easy to willfully forget – tomorrow is Hannah’s first birthday. In a blink she is turning into a little girl, as she insists on being constantly pulled up to standing and walked about, and is sprouting new teeth like seedlings in a gummy garden. Hannah, […]
Alloparenting
This first dreamy year of Hannah’s life is drawing to a close. I have, against my strong protestations, taken another postdoc. I am reminded of my friend Neil, the day that I insisted to him that Science and I were through, protesting that Science is like a mean boyfriend. You catch him in bed with […]
Slog
You might be wondering where I’ve been lately – at least, I hope my blogging absence has been noted by someone! I have been working, every night, for free, on the EXPERIMENT THAT WILL NOT DIE. They don’t tell you, when you decide to become a scientist, that occasionally the rules of nature are suspended […]
