maya's art, rock photo by our budding photographer

this weekend flew by. i took miles out saturday night to watch the chinese new year parade. it was exciting to be down there surrounded by stone mountains of buildings, kids huddled together on the curb eating sugar while dragons and fan dancers and tigers and firecrackers went by. on the way home we saw some awful graffiti on the bus which miles read out loud very accurately, and i listened to a very deep conversation between some intense young religious freaks (nod to TWB, there). today we ventured south to brisbane, for the silverpalooza, a fundraiser for a preschool in a bar, with limbo, cakewalks, face painting, giant hot dogs, bloody marys, a make your own guitar booth, and cheetahs on the moon, an awesome band all dressed like cheetahs. i was proud of the kids as miles shot movies and psychadelic stills of the band and maya expressed her inner self by dancing in her very unique way through the entire set.


maya drew a clown and a little dog standing on a horse,

i was lucky to spend a little time talking to my friend in illinois, and the kids went to bed early.

i case i don't write again, there is a big march to raise awareness of the disastrous budget cuts in the schools. march 4, look for it in the news, i will be there with miles' school. the teachers are walking out an hour early and we are heading to civic center. i have never been much for marches, but right now it seems like the thing to do. tell your friends--think about what is going on with the state and education funding and do what you can to help. i will be a broken record about this for a while.

time to try and plan another birthday party. all this growing up the kids are doing, it is tiring me out.