I’m very grateful that I no longer spend my night hours that way, and I’m also grateful to be back at work (teaching summer classes at the moment), but now I’m squeezing reading into one or two hours at most in the evening. Although taking care of a brand new baby was difficult in the early months, it still left me with plenty of time to read - especially in the late night hours waiting for the baby to fall back asleep. It turns out that it’s work that keeps me from reading as much as I’d like and not the presence of a new baby. Then he repeats the whole process.Īs for reading, my reading pace has slowed considerably in the last few months as I’ve gotten back to work. What he does now is roll over from back to front, struggle to roll onto his front again, fail, and then fuss until we turn him over ourselves. At nearly five months, he now rolls over in both directions, although getting from front to back (which I thought was supposed to be the easier direction) only happens as an accident now and then. He is greatly missed.Ĭormac is doing well. Even with a new baby around, the house still feels too quiet. Fortunately, he had a good end with what we think and hope was a minimum of suffering. Sadly, his health declined in the last year, and we decided at the end of May that the end had come.

Those of you who have been following this blog for a while will know about Muttboy, our dog.

Phillip lopate to show and to tell