I cannot listen to The Avett Brothers’ song “Live and Die” without a few melancholy tears sliding down my face….
Date Archives October 2012
October 25, a day more sweet than bitter
I remember where I was on October 25, 1998. I was babysitting my one-year-old niece Jaycie while Sister #2 labored…
Confessions from the grocery store
We’re headed into Angry Hermit Season which means 80% of my face-to-face, non-computer-related socializing in the next four to five…
Quiet but Mighty
One of my favorite things about being a reader is having a physical reaction to a book. Whether it’s tears…
Things I am irrationally, unflichingly judgmental about
Apolitical people and those who “get tired” of politics. Are you kidding me? I hate to get all Lorax-y but…
Do hipsters dress like children of the 70s, or Thoughts Upon Finding my Elementary School Class Pictures
It seems University Avenue Elementary in Coon Rapids, Minnesota recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary. This is the school I attended…
FNL Episode 1: The cryingest episode of TV ever? Maybe.
Some days the lack of Tim Riggins in your life is and the melancholy it causes is so inescapable that…
Liam’s night out
I picked Liam up after school today and we ventured forth to the wilds of Roseville to see Har Mar…
My new hair & I are joined in the ideological cuddle
If I had it my way, I’d turn this blog right around and when we got home all I’d write…