Making lists…
We’re leaving town in a few days, finally headed back east for a visit. The dog/house sitter is all lined up, the travel plans made, plans made to see family and friends, etc. Now just the frantic list-making of everything …
Fragment #4
Out on the street was the cool clean air of spring and everyone with that Saturday night bounce to their step. Another few hours and that slick edge of promise would be smudged and run. But for now there was …
In which the non-parents will be bored to tears
Child-led toilet training. That’s been the plan all along, when the time came. I just didn’t expect the child to lead us to it quite so soon. Last night Thumper asked to have his diaper taken off. He then ran …
Not sick of the rain yet
A cold, rainy night in Portland. I’ve spent the evening happily tucked into a corner of a cafe that does NOT play techno, drinking my decaf americano and writing. A good writing night, I’m happy to say, and now a …
Fragment #3
I was, lets see seven at the time? Eight? 1925, so I guess eight. I was eight and my brother Ronny, he was ten or thereabouts. Miranda was just five. I do remember that, because thats as old as she got. …
The Positive Negative Socks are done
Details here. In other news, I finished reading Sabbath’s Theater last night. Oh my god. How (why) did I wait this long to read Roth?
Here we go with the canned meat again
I just deleted 96 spam comments from yesterday’s St Vincent post, and closed the comments on that and all previous posts to keep the little buggers from getting in again. Once they find an opening, they hit it again and …
Fragment #2
Its payback for all the bad things I did over the years, I think. No one in my family ever had arthritis. She says this with her small pinched mouth, her eyes pinched tight as well, a face accustomed to …
nap, nap…oh my god will you please nap?!?!
Today I am acutely, painfully, desperately (insert additional melodramatic adverbs here) aware of how very far we have moved from our (my) support system. Billy has been out of town on business since Wednesday. He gets back late tonight, after …