Found an interesting idea over at bluvox. She says, Independence Day. At Harbin there was a sign reminding me that there’s no such thing, and that it should rather be, Interdependence Day.
Maybe we should institute a blog-wide annual Interdependence Day.

My grandson has arrived — born at 4:26 est, 8 lbs 12 oz, 20 inches, brown hair and he looks like Winston Churchill. Mom is doing great. Dad is beyond ecstatic. Of course, he was there for the whole thing. And now he’s taking two weeks paternity leave to to take care of his family.
So, while the Gary Turners’ baby actually will be the first born to this extended blogger family, Alexander is the first grandbaby. Ain’t that just grand!!!

Over the past several weeks, there have been about a dozen new great women bloggers signed up for Blog Sisters. And as I surf their blogs and old favorites, I keep finding more guys blogging out there. So, I’ll just mention the latest several here: Tom Bolton, George Partington, George Sessum, and Fertile Jim. All unique voices. All worth checking out.

So says fertile_jim in an excellent post on the subject. (You have to scroll down to the article on Jim Throws Gasoline on the Fire because his permalink takes you somewhere else.) I found him from a comment he left on Blog Sisters to a strong piece by Helen Razer, who has finally resurfaced.
On that subject, my grandson is on his way. According to my son-in-law (the best one in the world), my daughter went into labor at 3:30 this morning (which is when I woke up the first time). Her water broke around 6:30 (which is when I woke up the second time). Just a little synchronicity here, a little magical motherthing connection. So send good vibes out Boston way, everyone. I’m about to become a granny.