Not to get all cornball on you, but my favorite part of the holidays comes before they’ve even started. When it’s all still an idea in your head, waiting. My little silver Charlie Brown Christmas tree/Hanukkah bush will never look as good as it does in my mind’s eye. But I’m sort of liking it […]
I thought I’d hit all the parenthood milestones, but an hour ago — when Sophie literally puked in my face — I realized there are still some firsts I have yet to experience. I held her head, both of us dripping with what I think was once stuffing, and thought, “This is love.” Not to […]
Drumroll, please. I finished my first embroidery project. Also, perhaps, my last, though I do own the Sublime Stitching chick’s latest book and enough materials to half-fill one of my Rubbermaids. So we’ll see. I’m happy with my final product — maybe I’ll show you the front sometime. I’m going to frame it for Annabelle […]
Last week was “Human Growth and Development” time at the girls’ school. So far, it hasn’t been a big deal. I giggled like crazy years ago when Annabelle was in kindergarten and Ms. X announced she’d taught the kids the difference between “vulva” and “vagina”, but other than that, not much has been said about […]
Frankly, I don’t even know if Bernie Goldberg IS a Jew, but since he doesn’t even know if I’m a liberal, I suppose that makes us even. Last night an old friend from my days on Capitol Hill (really old days) working for what some (in Arizona, at least) would consider a liberal senator, shot […]
This morning I was multi-tasking — emptying a case of Diet Coke into the veggie drawer of the fridge (fine, judge me!) and chatting with Sophie. Luckily I had remembered that her box of items for the Mayflower was due today — 3 to 5 items that one might need on a cross-ocean trip, placed in […]
I can’t show you a picture, or I’ll get arrested. So you’ll have to take my word for it that Sophie is currently stark naked, dancing to Paul Williams’ rendition of Rainbow Connection, which he is performing on Yo Gabba Gabba. (I couldn’t find the performance during a quick Google search, but I prefer this […]
Last week marked the end of another Mothers Who Write workshop. I’ve lost track of how many we’ve taught. This one, like those before it, was the best yet. We don’t play favorites, of course (wink, wink — what teacher doesn’t?!) but Deborah and I both have very cushy spots in our hearts for our […]
This weekend Annabelle began designing her “spring collection” of fashions, and also made some lovely sculptures by gluing plastic beads together. But my favorite AB creation of late is one I found last week in her “important papers” folder in her backpack. I don’t know if she wrote it for a school assignment or just […]
I hesitate to post this link, because I hate to see The Stranger get more web hits — not because it’s not a good paper, but because something like this shouldn’t be a windfall. But I’m sure it’s already been hitsville for Dan Savage & Co. over at the Seattle alt weekly (no relation to […]
