It’s no secret by now that I’m a Canadian ex-pat. I moved to California when I was 19, chasing after a girl. Fifteen years later I’m still in California. Fifteen years later I’m still chasing after that girl, but she chases back, and we both chase our kids. For a few years after the move…
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Logical Thinking in a Three-Almost-Four-Year Old
“I love Disneyland!” Erin exclaimed. This was unsurprising. Of course she loves Disneyland. But she followed this announcement with an example of a perfect syllogism, and I was completely floored. “At Disneyland there’s nothing I don’t like,” she began. “I don’t like monsters,” she continued. “So there’s no monsters at Disneyland!” She concluded. This is…
Skip-Scotch-Toe
We took a walk to downtown after dinner. It’s a walk we’ve never done, though we’re not far away. We were unsure of the path, but certain of the destination: an Italian ice cream shop. The sun was just beginning to set as we left, and it would race us to the ice cream shop,…