Friday, April 12, 2024

anecdotes from my childhood

As an infant, I slept in a half-pulled-out dresser drawer. When this was brought up later, my parents insisted, "You liked it in there!"

Monday, April 08, 2024

anecdotes from my childhood

My brother once enlisted my help to clean, stretch, and preserve a rat pelt. He had skinned the rat himself.

We used bar soap, an overturned coffee table and twine, and salt (respectively).

Friday, April 05, 2024

anecdotes from my childhood

When I was a baby, my father skied with me on his back in a child carrier, to save on childcare costs.