put 3 boys on a mattress and things get blurry fast!

Chef Jeff

Close encounters with cookie dough

some Latke action

Gus patiently waiting for dinnner

We’re off!!! After an auspiciously awesome autumn, Connecticut gave us quite the snowy sendoff! But our trusty Subaru “Scoobie” was a trooper and we managed to get to the airport. More good luck prevailed as we actually made it out of the state and after a long day arrived in northern California. Delta did manage to lose 2 of our bags including Milo’s car seat – the latter seems supremely irresponsible to me, but I’m only a lowly consumer. In fact, they didn’t really lose them – they told us in Hartford that the headwinds were so strong that they might need to dump passengers in order to take on extra fuel. I think they wound up just dumping our baggage instead. Anyway, kvetch kvetch. This closes the fall chapter of our sabbatical year. Living in rural Connecticut was fab. We all spent a lot of time outdoors, cooked almost all of our meals, explored local food production, wrote dissertation chapters, built websites, read books, made tepees, stacked wood, voted, played with play-doh, etc etc.. Now we’re off to new adventures – holidays in Napa and then 2 months in Hawaii!!

We’re in high production mode here to complete our annual music mix. Version 2008 is sure to go fast. If you have a baby and read this blog, yours is most likely in the mail. If you don’t meet these basic criteria, well, there is always eBay.

Each disc boasts unique cover art by Milo Kulick Schwartz.

Here’s the lineup:
discobama 2008

Ooh La La by Rod Stewart
Music Farm by Xtatik
I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash
The Window by Trout Fishing in America
Mr. Wendal by Arrested Development
Hoodoo Voodoo by Billy Bragg and Wilco
One Was Johnny by Carole King
Mr. T by People (Songs of the Letter People)
Upside Down by Jack Johnson
Baby Beluga by Raffi
Rockin’ Robin by Michael Jackson
Let My Love Open the Door by Pete Townsend
My Hair Had a Party Last Night by Trout Fishing in America
Secret Tunnel by The Quiet Ones
Mr. S by People
Chicken Soup with Rice by Carole King
Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond
Big Rock Candy Mountain by Elizabeth Mitchell & Lisa Loeb
New Slang by The Shins
Donguri/Rolling Acorns by Elizabeth Mitchell & Lisa Loeb
Down to the River To Pray by Alison Krauss
Sunny Road by Emiliana Torrini
Eve of Reality by Arrested Development