tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post8835064681421001069..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: A Final Quiet Thought for the YearMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-54088401727239178142012-01-06T18:16:04.598-08:002012-01-06T18:16:04.598-08:00Your cross-stitching still hangs on the wall of Se...Your cross-stitching still hangs on the wall of Sean's room, highly valued, an object of secular devotion.<br /><br />Astonishing, though, how quickly time passes.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-87901147997924382582012-01-03T11:03:00.804-08:002012-01-03T11:03:00.804-08:00I remember cross-stitching a little scene of mothe...I remember cross-stitching a little scene of mother and child, and going crazy trying to come up with some words to add that would be fitting. And suddenly realized that your own announcement letter supplied better words than any book of quotations or poetry ever could. <br /><br />28 years. Has it really been <i>that</i> long??? You mentioned in your blog at one point that Sean had his own apartment, and I thought, good heavens, that's progressive parenting, letting a teenager live on his own ...JJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13404985455733545060noreply@blogger.com