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David Waddington has a new wine blog - check it out!

(Somehow that exclamation point looks all wrong.)

Congratulations, Hannah and Daniel!

On your just-announced engagement - I can't wait to hear the details...

McSweeneys swimsuit edition

Thank you to Elissa Bassist for mentioning me in her article "The Women of McSweeneys.net" in The Rumpus! It's particularly exciting to be on the same list of "funny women" as people like Sarah Vowell.

Congratulations, Edward and Vanessa!

And thank you for inviting us to your lovely wedding (where we enjoyed two consecutive baby-free nights).

Non-baby news

Grandparents can stop reading now.

For the rest of you, check out my new short story in the latest edition of Wheelhouse.

Then visit Gillian's new web project, People Who Should Be Denied a Voice.

A meeting of the minds

My friend Jody sent this video of Beatrice hilariously failing to interact with two of her "friends," Joy and Kaitlyn.

Suzan's birthday and Kumar reunion in Ojai

We just got back from four days in Ojai, where we rented a very impressive house to celebrate Suzan's 60th birthday. There were a total of 15 adults, 2 babies, and 1 dog: me, Dev, Suzan, Naresh, Mina, James, Julie, Maureen, Mamo, Gale, Roger, Eddie, Sally, Krissy, Aaron, Rosemary, Beatrice, and Cromwell.

Beatrice met many of these people for the first time and she spent time focusing on each person's face and voice:

Suzan and Naresh brought Beatrice a beautiful Indian gold bangle:

(They also gave me a beautiful Tanzanite ring, photos to follow - )

At the pool:

Watching Suzan's birthday slideshow:

Krissy's amazing cake:

At the beach:

On a geology tour with Naresh:





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