Walt is an unusually present father, and although most of the toddler care-giving responsibilities fall to Bert, Walt picks up a bit of the nurturing slack. He dots at the baby’s runny nose and then stretches out on the floor next to her where they build towers out of alphabet blocks. His desire to nurture…
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The Family Album Straight Up With A Twist.
Bossy’s mother is a sweet and introspective baby. Because, naturally, you sort of had to be. Her parents—Walt and Bert—are young and in love and not particularly pliable to the notion of a baby orchestrating changes around the household. Neither Walt nor Bert had grown up in families surrounded by younger siblings or cousins or…
The Family Album Straight Up With A Twist.
Meanwhile Walt is still working five days a week in the tannery and playing drums at night. Recently his big band leader, Larry Fotin, decided to change the style of his band to a two-beat Dixieland style—so named because of the accents on the second and fourth beats of the bar. Walt had no interest…