Princess Parade

Willa, Talia and a bunch of other little princesses marched around the parking lot at Willa's preschool this morning. A formidable mob of parents armed with cameras covered the event from every angle. Sadly, my digital camera is on its last legs...so this was one of the only shots I got.

Fort Moultrie

Mom, Dad, Tal, Joanie and I got together for an exciting pilgrimage to Fort Moultrie.

Did you know it was the use of palm trees in the walls of this fort that helped repel a British attack during the Revolutionary War? The rubbery risilience of the palmetto trees caused the cannonballs to bounce off. That's also why the palm tree is on the South Carolina state flag. This fort is also where Chief Osceola of the Seminole died. He's still buried there.

Mom told us a story about how when she was a little girl, she went to visit a relative stationed at Fort Moultrie. At some point she wandered off from the place they were staying, then found herself lost inside rows of identical barracks. Keeping with that tradition, we managed to get lost a few times trying to find our way back and forth from Charleston.

Baby at the Zoo

Talia and I had Columbus Day off. I asked her what she wanted to do. She decided to take her baby to the zoo.

Pat's in town

Our good friend Patrick Vernon was in town for the premiere of a film that used some of his music. So much has changed in the handful of years since he left L.A. Some of the old haunts are gone. Most of the people have moved on or vanished into the valley. But the bowling alley is still here, and their beer is very cold. We managed to make the most of it.