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He isn’t just cruising anymore, Nate’s walking. The kid pulls himself up onto his feet and walks with a stiff-legged gait for six to ten steps. He’s crouching, turning, picking up toys and pulling things down off tables and managing to stay upright. He drops down to crawl when he wants more speed but I’m amazed at how early he learned to walk. I hope he’s as quick with the potty training.

I was looking through an Orvis catalog and noticed this description for a pair of pants:

… Yak hair is shorn from the fine guard hairs beneath the yak’s chin. The long, harsh winters of the yak’s Tibetan and Himalayan range contribute to the hairs being as soft as cashmere…

If you’re Tibetan, sure, use yak hair. If you’re a suburban catalog shopper, maybe not.

I also wonder about collecting the yak hair. Taken from the yak’s chin, they wrote. Is “yak shaver” really a profession in some mountainous region? Are there clean-shaven yaks wandering around? What other hair on a yak is soft? I guess the yak is more docile when approached from the front so we’ll never know.

A few weeks ago Maria pointed out to me the huff that cropped up on a local parenting list over a boy’s hat. We had a very good laugh but didn’t think it was polite to reprint it. Not Gawker, they’ll post it. Read The Park Slope Hat Spat and have a laugh.

Enough complaining that I haven’t put up any new snapshots. Look here for a visit with the Grandparents.

Thanks to Joe and Ellen for taking these. I can’t find my camera, let alone the time.