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Thursday, May 09, 2002


Every Other Weekend

Great essay at Salon about visitation from the child's perspective.

Teaser paragraph:

Employing my well-tested "survival for young boys in visitation situation" techniques, I adapted. I was a kid, after all, and I was going to have fun no matter what obstacles were placed in front of me. I put on the starched clothes that made me itch and pretended I was the Man from Uncle. I put pennies in the loafers. I read every Dr. Dolittle book in that lofty canon until I was the good Doctor, rescuing camels and other exotic animals from unknown regions. I discovered that I can eat just about anything, a realization that has stood the test of time and diet. I would even listen to the horrid "Ring Trilogy" by Wagner and engage the Latvian in what I thought was clever analysis.