I need a schedule!
Because wow, blogging in two places is really hard to keep up with. Must structure myself!I kind of left you hanging there with the dog story, huh? Well, here's what happened next.As time passed and no...
View ArticleFamily, Family, Family
A month or so ago, my mother emailed me to ask if I'd consider flying to Texas for a weekend to help get my sister and her twins there for a visit. Apparently you can only have one lap child per lap,...
View ArticleEnd of an Era
Today we discovered that Luna, the last of my water turtles, had passed away. At one point I had eight water turtles, but in the intervening years they had all either been released into the wild or...
View ArticleEmerging from the fog
I'm beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel -- and to trust that it's not just an incoming train.A few weeks ago, I got treated for a sinus infection, and I'm wondering just how long I'd...
View ArticleWhen did my life become unmanageable?
I keep thinking nothing much is going on in our lives, but then I talk to someone else and their response -- inevitably resembling a stunned ox -- makes me think I'm wrong.So you can play along at...
View ArticleWhere have I been all my life?
I was on the train this morning, reading one of my favorite Enneagram books again. This mornings portion was, happily enough, the chapter devoted to my own ennea-type. And I was reminded, again, that...
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Because Once Is Never Enough
A few months ago, some friends of ours invited us to their wedding. We looked at our finances, looked at our time, and thought we wouldn't go. But then they asked us to sign their ketubah, the Jewish...
View ArticleFor lo, the winter is over and done
There are buds on a few trees, and there are daffodil leaves in my yard.It's about damn time.This year I had the not-so-surprising realization that winter and I? We don't do well together. I'm not sure...
View ArticleEase, please!
I was already dreading this week, because Wednesday is my semi-annual take-the-day-off-and-go-to-all-my-doctors-appointments day and I've been called to jury duty on Tuesday. Will I have to go in at...
View ArticleFlood
Two weeks ago yesterday, at the end of a very nice weekend, the hot water disappeared.Access to our basement is strange -- you open what appears to be a coat closet, go all the way in, and turn left to...
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