In Dire Need of Maintenance
posted 4 months ago | 1 comment
Sometimes, as I age, I reflect on the halcyon days when I could eat like any twenty lumberjacks and stay slender; when I could go outside with the unmade-up face God gave me without making small children clutch at their mothers; when I could sport...
Kids. You know I love 'em.
posted 4 months ago | 1 comment
On Mother’s Day I am grateful for the amazing experience of having my kids. They are funny, intelligent, sensitive, loving, unique individuals and life with them has been nothing short of a trip. In their honor today I am going to share illustrati...
Death by Waterfowl
posted 5 months ago | 2 comments
I love spring. It makes the sap rise, making this sap want to get out, explore, and exercise. On a recent lovely day, Nature called me and and my six-year-old nephew Eric to undertake an expedition, exploring the development where my parents live ...
Happy Birthday to Me: A Sad, True Story
posted 5 months ago | 10 comments
My birthday dawned bright and cool and I set off for the mall in high spirits. I had a French pedicure and sat admiring the effect. “These are the feet of a thirty-year-old,” I told myself smugly. I was prancing around the mall on my lovely toes, ...
How I sent my bank account details to a stranger.
posted 7 months ago, updated 5 minutes later | 1 comment
And not just any stranger: one on the opposite side of the world.
Do you need to feel better about yourself today? Would you like to be able to say to yourself, "By God, I may be limited in some respects but I'd NEVER do what that poor idjit did ...
Do you need to feel better about yourself today? Would you like to be able to say to yourself, "By God, I may be limited in some respects but I'd NEVER do what that poor idjit did ...
Hey, I'm ABD . . .
posted 7 months ago, updated 1 minute later | 2 comments
. . . which does not mean "A Big Dork". Okay, it means that, too, but more importantly it's "All But Dissertation". I passed my prelims last semester -- don't ask, it was very scary -- and now I am a doctoral candidate and eligible to write a diss...
Tablescapes
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
I liked the header article about tablescapes. I bought a copper firepit (on sale at Big Lots), taped up the ash holes (be very careful when pronouncing that), put some fine sand in it, and covered it with a glass top (also on sale at Big Lots). I ...
