tamara makes herself right at home in the local independent bookshop, recycle books, in campbell, california.
she is generous enough to share her bed with several tigers and an elephant and me. often she starts off in her bed but then wakes up and moves to sleep with her mommy. the tigers and elephants stay to keep me company. which i appreciate.
given the horribly cold weather in michigan, i hate to mention that it has been in the seventies and sunny every day here. there's been no rain for weeks and that is a concern. i hear that there is a trend now to spray paint lawns green, especially those in neighborhoods where there are many empty houses due to foreclosures.
the number of people of all ages who are out walking, jogging, biking, rollerblading, and drinking coffee while basking in the sun or seeking the shade is impressive. no one seems concerned that they're living right on one of several fault lines.
a sign of the times is that the number of kids enrolled in tamara's preschool has dropped as parents lose their jobs. the school will pay $200 cash to anyone who refers a new kid. in spite of reports of retail sales being down, there are plenty of californians in the malls.
today tamara and i went to the san jose children's discovery museum, a large and much-lauded affair. there are some highly entertaining things for kids to do, many of them involving water. i was most amused to watch several portly indian grandmas in beautiful saris intently listening to a young Vietnamese guy who was instructing us all on how to make mexican corn husk dolls. never again will i just throw the corn husks into the compost.
and now i've promised to play a game of candyland, the dora the explorer edition.
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