Thank you, Cate, for mentioning this song yesterday after my post about The Weepies. Cate wrote, “Oh, I love The Weepies. `World Spins Madly On’ is one of my most favorite songs ever. It’s a breakup song, but I always think about it when something unexplicable happens. (Like, say, shootings.)” I looked it up. […]
I saw this video where I get a lot of music recommendations these days — the Frances/Smeeks blog — a few weeks ago, and put the album on my Christmas list. Last weekend I finally unearthed the CD from a pile of presents and the girls and I listened to it all day, particularly this […]
I often feel that the responses to what I post here on GIAPH are far more eloquent than I can ever be, so in honor of the continuing effort to sift through the emotional rubble by Saturday’s events in Tucson, I decided to post some of the comments made to the post I wrote Sunday: Why Are […]
I let Annabelle listen to the news yesterday afternoon. Actually, I made her listen. She’s not one of those kids who begs for that kind of adult privilege, in fact she’s more likely to tell you to turn it off so she can listen to music. But she got that this was important. “Wait,” she […]
The holidays are all about being with the ones you love. Who cares about gifts? Um, me! A couple of my favorite Christmas presents: Annabelle stitched me a strawberry. And Ray gave me both Lynda Barry books I asked for — “What It Is” (about writing) and “Picture This” (about drawing). Hope you got what […]
Mainly because I’m a chickenshit who won’t go on anything that moves faster than a carousel, Disneyland split-ups tend to fall along the lines of Amy/Sophie and Ray/Annabelle. Really, I’m insufferable, even at the happiest place on earth. I’m not crazy about Pinocchio’s daring adventure, and I get scared on the Peter Pan ride. (For […]
My feet will never be the same. But it was worth it. I survived four days at Disneyland — including two 12-hour-plus marathons — at a time when the Happiest Place on Earth was also the busiest, and felt like the coldest. Still, I can hardly complain; despite the forecast, it was sunny. We drove away […]
