It's frigidly cold right now; cold enough for me to drive to pick the boys up from school, when they normally walk home. While I was waiting at the junior high, two girls walked by in the snow, purple and shivering, dressed in ripped skinny jeans, … [Continue reading]
Fifteen minutes of fame or writing or something.
March 8, 2017 by 3 Comments
Last week was pretty hectic, so I was looking forward to a fairly open week in which I could get a lot of writing done and, in general, relax a bit. Unfortunately, I did not actually look at my calendar in that burst of optimistic feeling, and I am … [Continue reading]
The End of the Book Fair Lady
March 3, 2017 by 8 Comments
That sounds a little ominous, doesn't it? It's not the end of my time on this planet - I hope! - but it is the end of my Reign as Book Fair Lady. Eighteen book fairs, people. I have done eighteen book fairs, although to be honest, the New Book Fair … [Continue reading]
Abbie’s Favourite Cookies
February 27, 2017 by 2 Comments
On the radio last week, they were having a contest to win tickets to see Brian Wilson - of Beach Boys fame - in concert. I actually thought that Brian Wilson died a long time ago, which is the reason I am rarely, if ever, upset by celebrity deaths. I … [Continue reading]
Women’s Health Week in the Boyhouse
February 22, 2017 by 3 Comments
You guys, it is Wednesday already, and in one week, February will be over. Over! February feels like it just started, I have four months left before both of my children are junior high students, one month before I have a teenager, and six days until … [Continue reading]
I have one simple request: to have sharks with fricking laser beams attached to their heads.
February 17, 2017 by 5 Comments
This week has been a seemingly endless series of irritations, both of the minor kind and of the more sweeping variety, and I have been - possibly due to Female Cyclical Emotional Upheaval - unable to keep my usual Om Shanti outlook and am instead … [Continue reading]
Renaming The Boyhouse to The Sugar Shack, at least for today
February 13, 2017 by 3 Comments
There is no question that I am not gifted artistically. I am a person who couldn't, say, draw a car without having a car directly in front of her and even then it would be a strange, stickman-like car. Things that normal people might find easy are … [Continue reading]
