Dad on a Lark Blog
by Rand Richards Cooper
Lark (lärk): noun. 1. a carefree or spirited adventure. 2. a harmless prank
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Dad on a Lark Blog
Lark (lärk): noun. 1. a carefree or spirited adventure. 2. a harmless prank
Yesterday Larkin took a fall.
She's been walking for all of three weeks now, and on an open stretch of living-room hardwood she toppled forward, face first. Boom.
I was sitting with my morning paper and a cup of coffee. Molly swooped by and scooped Larkin up. There was that lengthy pause between impact and reaction, always a bad sign. Waaaaa! came the outrage at last.
"Is there blood?" I called out.
"Yeah," Molly said, and… Read More
She's been walking for all of three weeks now, and on an open stretch of living-room hardwood she toppled forward, face first. Boom.
I was sitting with my morning paper and a cup of coffee. Molly swooped by and scooped Larkin up. There was that lengthy pause between impact and reaction, always a bad sign. Waaaaa! came the outrage at last.
"Is there blood?" I called out.
"Yeah," Molly said, and… Read More
It's Friday, our daughter Larkin's first birthday. Molly's
home from work, we're racing around getting ready to drive to her
mother's for a little party. All afternoon I've been in typical
stay-at-home-dad mode, paying bills, finishing some work, making
phone calls, playing with the Lark. Now it's almost 5, and guess
what, we're running late.
It's the usual madness. Pack up Larkin's food, get the birthday cake out to the car, find the camera (a photo of her in… Read More
It's the usual madness. Pack up Larkin's food, get the birthday cake out to the car, find the camera (a photo of her in… Read More
About Me
I began as a fiction writer (my first novel, "The Last to Go," was made into a really bad TV movie, starring Tyne Daly), then branched out to other writing. By now I've written for over 50 magazines, including "Glamour." "The New York Times Magazine," "Bon Appetit," and "Commonweal." Away from my writing desk, I'm a chess fanatic and hopeless basketball addict. Oh yeah, I'm also the family cook.
My next blog update: December 24, 2008
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