15 May 2023
Get a job!
"Mommy, Daddy is drunk and bothering Coco." says Lucy. "It's okay Lucy," my wife responds, "It's Coco's job to talk to your father when he is drunk."
04 September 2016
Car troubles
We are in Canada for the year while I am on sabbatical. The bolts are stuck on the casing when I go to change the headlight on my car. It takes a socket wrench and a lot of
05 January 2016
Fun, funny
Lucy and I are splitting a ton-katsu in the school cafeteria. She is telling me about something a friend of hers did at school. "Blah, blah, blah. It was really fun." she says. "It was
05 November 2015
Toppings
I make dinner. It's my specialty. Hot-dogs. "Lucy, get your ass to the god-loving table!" I summon. "I'm here, Daddy." she answers, sitting at the table. "What do you
03 July 2015
Skating
I take Lucy skating. She wants to be Kim Yuna. We go to the Daegu City Ice Rink. It's a small rink with pullout bleachers pushed back into the wall. We rent skates, and go into
01 March 2014
Hercules
We finish reading some Disney book, and Lucy is looking at the other books advertised in the back. We have seen most of the movies, but not Hercules. “What is this one?” she asks. “It’s Hercules.” I
16 January 2014
Planes helping planes
We are on the tarmac of Incheon International Airport waiting for our plane to take off. I look out the window and see a Korean Air 747 mounting a Jinair DC10. Lucy looks across from her seat, and
12 January 2014
Ham ham
Eunjoo and I are sitting at the kitchen table finishing off our dinner. Lucy, having excused herself long ago, is in one of the rooms, playing. We hear, through the door a cute little “Ham, ham. Ham, ham.