Enlightened Librarian: The Ewan files 7: 1 year on earth

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The Ewan files 7: 1 year on earth · Feb 8, 11:10 PM

In approximately two hours, our son will commence his 366th day in the external world. Much more has happened than I have been able to keep up with in words, relying on some photos to capture changes and to do memory’s heavy lifting.

Every day he is able to gather more strands of himself and gain clarification of his personality. Flat planes have become shapes, and shapes have become objects, and objects have taken on roles as instruments and repositories of other objects. He takes pleasure in the expanding orbits of what is familiar, and he delights in his abilities, many of which involve various talents for making noises with things. Moving his arm back and forth can mean excitement, frustration, music or a ceiling fan. His thoughts involve shifting categories, and the fluid transfer of meaning from face to face. At five months, his personality began to take up a whole room in sheer, formidable baby-presence. Now he has gained the early stature and poise of toddlerdom and boyhood. He has spent nights away wiring himself for the coming epochs of walking and speech. There is no stopping him.

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