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They say some of the best ideas come to you in the shower. You can also belt out great music in the shower. Especially when the kids are in there with you, singing to the tune of “Three Jolly Fishermen:”

We all went to the Ap-ple store,
We all went to the Ap-ple store,
APP-le APP-le store store store,
APP-le APP-le store store store,
We all went to the Ap-ple store.

We bought stuff at the AP-ple store,
We bought stuff at the AP-ple store,
i-Pod i-Pod Pod Pod Pod
i-Pod i-Pod Pod Pod Pod
We bought stuff at the Ap-ple store.

We like things at the Ap-ple store
We like things at the Ap-ple store
POW-er POW-er book book book
POW-er POW-er book book book
We like things at the Ap-ple store

We have stuff from the Ap-ple store
We have stuff from the Ap-ple store
i-Book i-Pod powerbook
Canon camera and games
We have stuff from the Ap-ple store.

By the afternoon, most of the neighborhood kids, who had overheard our singing at the pool, we all making up verses of their own.

It’s like setting up a new fort. This platform is taking some getting used to but in time it’s going to feel like a fun place to hang up ideas and document the time. Here is a photo of Ford and Chas atop the igloo-bed, atop the quilt my mother made during the 1972 summer olympics, while I was probably napping in a white wooden crib within a sunny yellow nursery, in a small fourplex on Vassar Lane, in the sweltering Houston heat.

Blogging time will likely be restricted to midnight hours, as every moment during the day is nowadays occupied with kidstuff. I can expect to grow red eyeballs and get more irritable with time, unless I start working in the quilting and crafting in the afternoons when Chas naps and Ford gets stir crazy–after all, the heat is stifling outside during the midday hours. In fact, I’m off to start his rock collection. I think he’ll enjoy learning about what makes the Hill Country so hilly and rugged.