You pick up Lorrie Moore’s collection of short stories called Self-Help because you’ve always admired her writing. Plus, your own writing is often compared to hers. Not because you are a master of the form,…
Posts Published by Jodi Chromey
Everything the light touches is my kingdom. Well, at least where this website is concerned. There's an about me section if you are so inclined to know things. All the posts were written by me. I have a lot of words.
A boy after my own heart
While Liam, Cade, and I were still happily making Valentines, Nolie decided he was done. He climbed into the La-Z-Grrl and started perusing the random reading material piled on it. Probably the cutest thing ever.
Addiction
If I die tonight, my death will be the result of an accidental overdose of homemade chicken noodle soup. I am helpless in the face of my addiction.
Conversations with my nephews or, I was so domestic today I could almost barf
First with Liam, who is two: “Ouch you are on my arm,” I said. “There are two puppies,” he said, pointing to the TV that was playing Pound Puppy Adventures or something like that. “Two….
The first book of 2008 to make me cry
I have no idea why I lifted my ban on “buzz” books to read Ian McEwan’s Atonement this week, especially now that the movie’s out, but I’m really glad that I did. I spent a…
Worth it for the woos alone
David Lee Roth’s isolated voice track from “Running With the Devil.” If you only listen to one mp3 today. Make it this one. [via]