One of the best parts of my birthday party on Saturday was when my friends and family began discussing the first concert they ever attended. As you may or may not know, I like to…
Posts tagged birthday
A few pictures from my birthday party
First, did I ever tell you about my Minnesota Twins shirt? I’m sure I have, but let me refresh your memory. I have a red Minnesota Twins shirt. I wear it a lot. I wear…
My musical memory starts in 1980 & other tales from the birthday playlist
Now that my hair is fixed (I swear to Ellen Willis that’s the last time I will mention it and if you got to the homepage of I Will Dare you can see it), I’m…
Lilacs in the Door-yard Bloom’d too soon
Allow me a moment of ridiculous self-indulgence. You’d think 12 years of personal blogging would have provided me enough moments of ridiculous self-indulgence, but I am greedy. And self-indulgent. As you may or may not…
Not the person I thought I was
Since I have giant feet for a woman (but not, my vanity must proclaim, for my height. Really, dudes my height and shorter rock a size 14-16. I wear a positively dainty size 12 mens),…
October 25
Today is my nephew Maxwell’s birthday. He’s 13 now, and navigating that prickly, hormone-filled line known as adolescence. He’s become the kind of kid who loves Sasquatch, playing Minecraft, Internet memes, and quoting Monty Python….
Two things about my beautiful niece on her 14th birthday
First of all, old-timey readers of I Will Dare may be shocked to learn that little Jaycie who looked liked this when I first started blogging is now a young woman of fourteen. People, she…
Thirty-nine
And thus I begin the last year of my thirties. I’m thirty-nine years old. I feel like I should be full of some sort of wisdom or something. Like 39 is the magic age of…
38 Special
That’s the first time I’ve seen my name alone on a birthday since I was seven years old. Okay, that’s kind of a lie. When I was 29 my coworkers brought me a cake for…