I just finished eating homemade macaroni & cheese (with kale) while wearing new red pajamas. It is taking all my energy to keep my eyes from rolling into the back of my head in a…
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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 months will happen at the grocery store. To prepare you, darling ones, for the onslaught…
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 about is my hair. And soup. And Friday Nights Lights fan fiction. And Dawson’s Creek…
Ode to Dawson’s Cryface
You can have your National Geographic girl with the mesmerizing eyes. That raising of the flag on Iwo Jima. You can even have that one from Tiananmen Square of the protester standing up to the…
The Happy Mailbox
First, I would like to thank the designers at Algonquin Books for creating such a lovely cover for Jonathan Evison’s new novel, a cover that compliments my FORTIETH! Birthday bag so beautifully. These two beauties…
A few thoughts on turning 40
For most of my life (especially after Sister #4 came along in 1980 and stole my birthday thunder) I’ve wanted my birthday to be all the time, everyday. For most of my adult life, I’ve…