27 Jan 2011
There’s something to be said for not writing. This. Coming from a writer. Shut-ins who function as writers may disagree with me, but I sense there’s a fine line between writing and living. I say this as I watch the home-schooled boy, who lives across the street from my house, ride his scooter around and [...]
20 Jan 2011
[I ran a triathlon pregnant.] I was one month pregnant. Yes, I had morning all-day sickness. In hindsight, I think mind-over-matter helped me finish the race. Actually, I think mind-over-matter helped me start it. Once I was into a groove, it didn’t matter that I was living off oyster crackers and carbonated water. Once I [...]
16 Jan 2011
My latest obsession: wombats. I want one really bad. PK and I were poking around the Internet last week when we came upon this picture of a colossal wombat. We both agreed that it’s the funniest (and cutest) critter we’ve ever seen. Next to pugs of course. The more I thought about the wombat, the [...]
08 Jan 2011
About two months ago Joe had a dream. He actually remembered his dream. (He never remembers dreams.) He dreamed that he met our baby, except our baby was older –– perhaps six or seven years old. She was a girl. He said she was beautiful. And that was that. From that moment on, it was [...]
02 Jan 2011
The deli girl at the grocery store up the road from my house has a tattoo on her forearm that reads, “Sucka Free.” I once asked her about it when she was making me a veggie sub. I said, “What’s with the tat?” And she said, “I got so sicka takin’ shit from suckas, I [...]