Wrapped around my son with only the knowledge of the words of the world & a quiet remembrance of watching before this all began.

Wrapped around my son with only the knowledge of the words of the world & a quiet remembrance of watching before this all began.

There has never been a day when I have not been proud of you, I said to my Son though some days I'm louder about other stuff so it's easy to miss that.

My grandma used to plant tomato seedlings in tin cans from tomato sauce & puree & crushed tomatoes she got from the Italian restaurant by her house, but she always soaked the labels off first. I don't want them to be anxious about the future, she said. It's not healthy.

The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same

There really is only one story that you need to tell as a scientist or a technologist. It's Prometheus stealing fire. That's it. That's what we do as scientists or technologists.

There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. And suddenly forever seems like too short a time.