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May 2009
Sit Down With Frustration, Stand Up With Hope
I have learned today that one thing my kid can't handle is a play-date with more than one kid at a time. He becomes... Read more »The Truth Revealed: Is Angelina The Cougar Type?
Is she, or isn't she? With a "knowing" smirk like that...she must be a predatory large cat who sups on the lusts and appetites... Read more »Who's Wearing My Pants Now?
Yesterday, after I worked, I finally sat down to make a pair of pants appropriate for working out in. Right after I visited two fabric... Read more »Gluttons For Violence
If anyone had told me, 9 years ago, that I would spend much of my time wrestling, rough housing, patching up bloody noses 15... Read more »Packing My City Bags
Wow. Those were the days, huh? Me and BBQ Sue kickin' it in the Dustpan Alley retail establishment...having fun...dishing the dirt...me not noticing that... Read more »No Place For Pride Amongst Friends
This has been a week of both empty and plenty. Just as the bank vault echoed with a cavernous zero and we chose to... Read more »This Is Not An African Village
Remember that $100 we supposedly had to get us through until next Monday? Turns out that a bunch of things hadn't gone through the... Read more »I Deliver Answers To Questions You've Never Asked
I want to answer some questions that no one has asked me. I love answering questions (even impertinent ones) which is one of the... Read more »Far Off Wonder
From left to right: Peter, Tara, Elizabeth, and Philip. These are a few of my people.What you can expect if you visit me at... Read more »Late Night Scrawl
This is our pond area with Lupines, peonies, sempivirens, and a pretty (though scentless red climbing rose). The barrel has a lovely little yellow flower... Read more »Garden Strategy In Action
This morning it is already quite warm. It is predicted that it's going to reach 80°. It is so strange to have gone from... Read more »Telling The Exact Truth
Always be prepared!I have been to the gym three days in a row and I have every intention of going again today. It isn't... Read more »Zen Parenting With Vodka
If becoming a zen parent is your goal (and I think it should be, if you're a parent) the first thing you need to... Read more »Step Away From The Nunchucks!
The other day while I was reading some serious literature* I read that a certain young movie star supposedly said that he likes women... Read more »Waking Up The Bones
Sometimes it takes losing your footing completely in order to find your way forward. Sometimes you have to lose a lot of things to... Read more »Edward Is My Doppelganger
(I brood almost as well as Edward. It's like he's my doppelganger.)In Which We Continue To Discuss My Weekend With Edward And Bella From The... Read more »My Weekend With Edward And Bella
Fancy is not the compliment you think it is.I have been called "fancy" by quite a few people. One person I worked with at... Read more »The Moonlight Sonata: Exquisite Language
I feel the heat reaching for the pale raspberries, offering color to what was merely the reflection of nature's desire, turning it into something... Read more »A Little Perspective Please
I have become slightly obsessed with the idea that I need to practice writing fiction as an exercise to increase my skill as a... Read more »Eat Your Weed
You thought I was going to recommend some great new diet in which you consume pot in your cookies, didn't you? (That diet is... Read more »Fish Is Flesh: Get It Right!
Three times last week I opted to run errands on my bicycle until I got a flat tire. I got my tomato starts but was... Read more »Joan Of Arc IS Dead And I'm Old
I sit down to write something very specific and it slips away from me. I tell myself it doesn't matter because I don't write... Read more »I Promised Pie
I promised pie. This is my first attempt at sour cherry pie. I have about 20lbs of frozen sour cherries that I picked last summer... Read more »If Ever There Was Light, It Was You
I started off wanting to write a kind of love letter to all of you who have been so candidly and wonderfully sharing yourselves... Read more »If Blood Were As Pretty As Lilacs
I see way too much blood. No one should have to see as much of it as I do who isn't a nurse or... Read more »« April 2009 | Main | June 2009 »