Chapter 30: 5 year plan
“I don’t always have a 5-year plan. One thing you must always do in life is to keep your learning curve as high as possible.”
Yo-Yo Ma
Aleera took me out down to...
2021-09-10 23:05:28 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 29: Don’t judge a baby by where he is!
“Don’t judge a man by where he is, you don’t know how far he has come!”
C.S.Lewis
"Where is he?" were the first words I heard from my grandfather as he burst t...
2021-09-03 21:45:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 28: No longer secret. No longer safe?
Chapter 28: No longer secret. No longer safe?
“Is it secret? Is it safe?”
Gandalf
Source of Mana! As if managing my hypersensitive state cau...
2021-09-01 14:50:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 27: Sensory Overload
“Life has become a state of sensory overload.”
Joseph Curiale
I was found the next morning still curled up in the foetal position on the floor in the main room. Wh...
2021-08-30 12:03:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26: Usual Suspects
“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.”
The Usual Suspects
Life moves slowly here. Mother still weaves while Aleera ...
2021-08-29 00:43:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 25 : Wielding water
“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.”
Loren Eisley
My Nighttime Ninja Baby Wizard routine has continued. Next up on my list was water.
<... 2021-08-26 22:43:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 24: Playing with fire
“The one advantage of playing with fire . . . is that no one ever gets singed. It is the people who don’t know how to play with it who get burned up.”
Oscar Wilde
<... 2021-08-25 20:46:55 +0000 UTC View PostCanon Chapter 23: Equipped with his 5 senses
“The senses, being the explorers of the world, open the way to knowledge.”
Maria Montessori
Turns out my internal clock is wrong, not completely but wrong enough. ...
2021-08-24 19:54:57 +0000 UTC View PostNon Canon Chapter 23: It wasn't my birthday!
This was an idea inspired by the French Revolution and the decimal time that they used in 1792. In practice, it was too complicated to use for this world. Maybe in another story on another ...
2021-08-23 22:38:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 22: It's my birthday!
"Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday Dear Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiii
Happy Birthday to me"
As I finished singing the song t...
2021-08-22 19:32:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21: Weird or Normal?
Weird: Involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly, uncanny, fantastic, bizarre. Or a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange.
Normal: Conforming to the standard or ...
2021-08-20 22:47:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 20: As a man thinketh
For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
James Allen
For quick success sometimes you just need to ask Why repeatedly....
2021-08-19 15:33:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 19: Teething problems
"Watching teething babies is like watching over a thermonuclear reactor - it is best done in shifts, by well - rested people."
Anthony Doerr
Turns out I'm having teeth...
2021-08-19 13:10:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 18: Practice makes perfect
"Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your brain forms the same neural connections and ...
2021-08-18 11:09:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 17: Temper Tantrums
""Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them."
Lemony Snicket
Ha! Take that Lemony Snicket. My temper tantrum wor...
2021-08-17 16:27:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 16: The very hungry baby
"You, like the little caterpillar, will grow up, unfold your wings and fly off into the future.
Eric Carle
I'm so very hungry! At 1 o'clock, I had one helping. At 2 o'...
2021-08-16 14:46:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 15: No Prison can hold me
“Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.”
Lemuel Gulliver
Awakening to pangs of ...
2021-08-15 20:26:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 14: D Day
"Come with me, where dreams are born and time is never planned."
Peter Pan
It's Delivery Day!
I know this was the plan.
The time overdue.
My own Pris...
2021-08-13 20:24:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 13: Better late than never!
"A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to".
Gandalf the Grey.
I've been in here exactly 6 months now! Well past when I thou...
2021-08-13 19:45:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 12: Defeat is temporary, giving up is permanent
"For a hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test of his character."
Cressida Cowell
I might not be a hero but this...
2021-08-13 19:39:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 11: Sometimes you need a little magic
"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never fin...
2021-08-13 19:37:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 10: Fortress of solitude
Day 100 of self isolation!
I’ve been locked in here for 100 days without being able to say a single word.
Without pardon or parole the length of my sentence is ambiguous and unclear 2021-08-13 19:35:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 9: Old dogs, old tricks
Think my mother has had a drink or two. I know it's not good for babies but do they know it is not good for babies? Really enjoying the feeling but worried about my braincells.
I mean in my o...
2021-08-13 19:34:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 8: Home is where the heart lies
Approximately 10 cm meters above my head is where my mother's heart is and hence my home.
A mobile home to be sure but one I can't escape from.
Still here, obviously!
Think I'm ha...
2021-08-13 19:32:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 7: Through the listening glass
So wondering what other skills I can get whilst I’m here to get me there. Bit stuck with nothings much else to do.
Over the last two months I have learnt a lot of songs but now I seem to ha...
2021-08-13 19:30:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 6: Everybody else does it
You see my kidneys must have started working, or maybe they have worked for a while and I didn't notice. Anyway working kidneys mean urine. Urine means pee and when you are trapped in a balloon it ...
2021-08-13 19:29:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 5: The world outside
I have the skill eavesdrop!
Yes!
This means that there are other prerequisites to gaining skills. Simply listening feeds into the listening skill but I’m guessing that I was able to l...
2021-08-13 19:26:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 4: Swimming in circles
Like a fish in a bowl, I'm swimming in circles.
More accurately I'm rolling around and floating about but my new life has become a little bit repetitive. Unfortunately, unlike a fish my memor...
2021-08-13 19:25:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3: Listening with curiousity
When was the last time you listened to someone? Listened, without thinking about what you were going to say in reply? Or waiting for your turn to talk?
Unfortunately, that is all I can do at ...
2021-08-13 19:24:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 2: To spend or not to spend
That is the question.
I mean is it better to try and build a stronger foundation before birth, becoming a super baby. Or is it safer to stay as I am and grow naturally? Maybe here all babies ...
2021-08-13 19:21:30 +0000 UTC View Post