What Can I Say…
That hasn’t been already said on this day? Whether what is said is full of tears, or joy, or hope, or bitter denouncements. We came with baggage, generations in the [...]
See You on the Flip Side
"What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and feeble mentality of the average adult." - Sigmund Freud (1856 - 1939) I find this quote [...]
Happy Mother’s Day
The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one. [...]
Why is the Word Monkey so Funny*?
Today completely got away from me. (I’m not even sure how it happened. Damn runaway days! Always loitering in front of the 7-11, smart-mouthing honest folks and dressing atrociously. Get [...]
Let’s Stick With the Basics…
“Carob is a brown powder made from the pulverized fruit of a Mediterranean evergreen. Some consider carob an adequate substitute for chocolate because it has some similar nutrients (calcium, phosphorus), [...]
And this is where you put the extra bits
Sorry for the delay between posts, folks. Last week was a very long week, and yesterday was another long day. Didn’t someone once say that weekends are supposed to be [...]
Things Remain the Same
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. - Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
Parental Hearing – The Oxymoron
"Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain."-- Alan Bleasdale (b. 1946), British playwright, novelist These are the sounds I’ve become accustomed to: crash clank *Da [...]
It’s Raining… (insert favorite cliché here)
So a chunk of our ceiling fell in yesterday. Don’t worry, it’s a small chunk, about a foot square I figure. But still. Now we have a moldy, musty, gross-looking [...]
Neither of These Were Covered in Prenatal Class
This would be very convenient; I need someone to do this for me at night. - the weirdgirl “Mrs Darling first heard of Peter when she was tidying [...]