It's been too long

I'm sure others have made the same assertion.

Since my last post, life has changed quite a bit.
1. My wife, son, and I have moved over 2600 miles to Bellingham, Washington. This place is amazing. We live a 10 minute walk from the Pacific Ocean (in bay form) and can be at the top of the world after a 90 minute drive.

2. I am unemployed. This was convenient before Alastair was in daycare, but now is scary. Especially with the price of daycare.

3. As mentioned above, our nearly six-month old son has entered daycare yesterday. It was tough not to wonder about his well-being, but we trust the providers and I'm too busy filling out applications to dwell on it.

In addition to all the beautiful scenery and accessible outdoor activity, I've been catching up on my reading:

On the airplane I read Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs. Not bad. It kept me occupied, but got too seedy when some minors were exploited by the bad guys.

Upon my arrival, I finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. This was good. The shifting realities and multiple points of view were thoughtful. The ending was a little weak. Maybe the fallout dust was getting to Decker.

I began and finished Moon Palace by my favorite author, Paul Auster in 24 hours. It had all the things I enjoy about Auster's work: great prose, the search for identity, and coincedences (I've also become addicted to Lost). This was the first book I took out of the public library here on the west coast. Bonus points if you know why I found this book timely.

I embarked on my first Dostoyevsky novel: his last. I am enjoying the flow of the language and the imagery. I'm less than 100 pages into it, but I'm definetly hooked.

Ciao