the right and the good
How do you ever know that a choice you’re making is the right choice? It would be helpful if...
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Tag: flailings
nothing is linear
one It’s hard to live a normal life when you’re trying to save your country from...
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s/e/x mail
A few Wednesdays ago I received an envelope from my doctor’s office in the mail. Ah, these...
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left behind
One thing that continues to be irritating is the feeling of getting left behind. I don’t...
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if wishes were kittens we’d have a CAT-astrophe
It’s getting to be that special time of year when all sides of the family start emailing to...
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now i know a few things about you that most people don’t
One morning back in August a rainbow drew me out onto my porch but what caught my eye instead was...
Read Morerequiem for a boobdream
I guess breastfeeding, for me, is over? I’m still pumping for now, but the actual part that involves baby and boob in proximity to one another, I think the lights have gone up and the credits are rolling over that scene....
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up on task mountain
You hear a lot of platitudes about babies. But what you don’t often hear is that you (me)...
Read Morewhat they tell you
People have a lot of stuff to tell you about new babies. Everyone tells you: Is the baby fed? Then that’s enough! Perhaps this is meant as reassurance that it’s okay to merely survive. I can see that....
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the right stuff
I want stuff. I want so much stuff it’s stressing me out. Let me rephrase that. I want stuff...
Read Morehow to lose $225 in an hour
Okay, that title’s a bit of a fudge, because in this case we had to do some prep work before the hour in question. I mean we could have lost $225 in much less than an hour by a merely sitting down at a roulette table, or...
Read Moreget ur freakout on
It started with door trim or toilet paper. I don’t quite remember which. My first instinct is that it would have been the trim, because I recall feeling sour about how abjectly terrible it looked under the glare of...
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