Ending or Beginning? Depends on who you ask.
Further proof that I am an incredible wimp…Here I am cowering in the beach hut, eyes shut tight against the cold, while my brave hearted friends and relations take part in the annual New Year’s dunk, an Atlantic cleansing, a group baptism.
I am clearly involved in my own version of prayer, prayer that [...]
The Anti-Resolution
It’s that time of year again, the nascent, early days when people feel they must tie themselves to some important cause, strap themselves to the fragile barrel of weight loss and plunge head-long into a New Year. Having made several disappointing trips down the river of good intentions, this year, I’m content to bob along [...]
Closer to Okay
Now you can all laugh out loud, clutch your sides and roll on the floor and say very loudly in the confines of your office space, Wasn’t that predictable and I told you so and Obviously. I deserve it. Really, chuckle at my expense, have a good old superior moment and finish it off, really [...]
Halloween Safe Harbor
I want to delight you with pictures of my children dressed up as Lady Liberty and a Monster of Loose Definition because they were every bit as adorable as your kids were, and, more importantly, I went through about an hour of sheer hell getting them prepared for their tour of the neighborhood and [...]
Biddies on the bus
The ass kicking has been called off. O woke up yesterday morning and had a change of heart. He informed me, in his most mature and serious voice, “I think I’m just gonna live with it, Mom.” And I breathed just a tiny sigh of relief before saying, “That’s fine and I respect that, but [...]
Manny-o-matic and the E-bay auction
Okay, one more day of Manny because I didn’t get to comment on the E-bay thing and, also, Charles Pierce of Slate published a great piece yesterday on Manny that I just have to share. If you don’t have time to read the whole thing, this little tidbit should suffice:
“It came at the end of [...]
Spousal Revelation
I love memes because they allow me to take up the torch that someone else has painstakingly lit and run with it. And recently both Slouching Mom and Amanda kind of passed the flame on to any of their readers willing to divulge a little information on their marriage. And now that I’ve just spent [...]
The Anti-Christmas Card
It’s that time of year again; time for apple crisp and woolen sweaters and warm cider and replacing the screens with the storm windows. All this autumn and winter preparedness makes me realize that it is also nearing time for me to begin the long and arduous process of taking a photograph of the children [...]
You are on notice, BIATCH!
Dear Nasty Woman Customer Service Rep, Keeper of My Better Half’s Life Insurance Policy and, therefore, entitled to all manner of Biatchiness,
You have ruined my day. And, if My Better Half is not careful to avoid hazardous situations until we get this whole disagreement resolved, you may also earn the distinction of having ruined my [...]
Ode to Tallulah
To my copper penny companion
The canine sprite, lithe and lean
Leaving brown patches of urine
In the dry grass of Autumn,
You of the mountain goat grace
And drooling enthusiasms
For such things as garbage can spelunking
And excavating large holes in the perennial bed
Are at once pure happiness and the source of my despair.
There are few that are forgiven for [...]
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