The literal and figurative “dada” of Ahadada celebrates a birthday today. Last year, my girlfriend Katie and I spent a couple of weekends with the Glass clan in Shin Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.

The wonderful thing about the Glass family is that, somehow, someway, through meticulous planning and/or serendipity, they all were born in August! It makes August one hell of a month, as Jesse usually has a little time off from classes and the kids are out of school for summer holiday.

As George Bernard Shaw was oft quoted as saying: “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

So, Happy Birthday Jess! And while the bad news is time flies, the good news is you’re the pilot!

Your co-pilot in poetry,
Dan