oh yeah, this gorgeous guy. he eats pancakes now, plain. the kids were concerned he had no syrup. noooo. no syrup, or we’d still be wiping things. Okay, I don’t do movie reviews. I don’t actually like movies that much. Well, that’s not true. I like romantic comedies…and adventures with good endings. For example, I […]
Okay, this is a weird photo. Julia was helping me. That’s her striped turtleneck in the background. The caterpillar, Bobby, the one who said, “Wow,” when he saw Dad’s van… He went into a cocoon a couple weeks ago. The cocoon was in a glass tumbler. (Nobody will ever want a drink of anything at
two squirrels i once knew Okay, tonight Kirsten and Heidi were here together by coincidence. Heidi ran with her dog, all the way from her house a mile away. She does this for exercise, I guess, and to tire out the puppy. Kirsten drove. She lives further away. So we were trying to talk, but
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Julia and I were at the grocery store, and there was a big photo of Jamie Lee Curtis beside some book she wrote. Julia noticed it, “Oh Mom, look! It’s that girl who stars in Activia.” I said, “Yeah, she’s a great girl.” Jamie, Jamie, Jamie, all the things you’re famous for, and my child
It was a quiet weekend, cool and windy, a little sun, a few clouds… We had a party here last night, and Little Jay went to prom… Her dress is so beautiful. I do really like this kid. She is so funny and kind. The party was great. My aunt and uncle were in town,
I have a thing for them. James evidently inherited this because he asked me to buy him this lamp at a second hand store back when he was six. I looked at it for a long minute, thinking how very odd it was, and there HE was, with his incredibly cute face and I said
My mom signed Tim up to receive a kit every month, a little building project kit. Finally, the first kit arrived over the weekend, and today when Jay stopped by at lunch time, Tim talked him into working on it. The directions had pictures, so Tim could see what to do. This is what was
at the lake was nicer than I’d even hoped. John and Dannell parked a trailer in the woods, a place where their family can go to escape the mayhem. This morning I sent Kari to tell them the pancakes were ready. She sprinted in her bare feet in the cold, across the rough lawn and
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Below is something written ten years ago. This boat has been sold, along with the old motor that never ran right after 2002, not even with a thousand dollars in repairs. John helped me take it to the repair shop several times, early in the morning. It was at a marina, and that lake was
Okay, I looked out the window and Tim’s wandering contentedly around the backyard with these gigantic headphones on. They’re for a Baldwin organ a friend left at my house. It’s been …oh 15 years? I don’t think she’s coming back for the organ. She’s told me she’s not. But still. When I saw him singing
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