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standing tall and free

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Tokyo, 2008.10.14

Ken stood up by himself today, with no hand on anything else. Mari watched, surprised, as he simply stood there. She reports that he was not rocking or wobbling, just calmly standing like it was no big deal.

At the same time, I picked up some photos today. One of the rolls of film had some picks from a month ago -- it's surprising to see how much taller he is since then. In the pics from a month ago, he can barely see over the walls of the pen we keep him in. Now he's head and shoulders above it.

rand()m quote

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

—Siddhārtha Gautama (The Buddha)