Categories
- About (1)
- Death (6)
- Failed Experiments (3)
- Family (8)
- Growing Up (30)
- Life (386)
- My Grandparents (9)
- No Longer Applies (4)
- Parents (4)
- The Cats (2)
- Travel (27)
- Writing (1)
Archives
- May 2020 (2)
- April 2019 (1)
- December 2017 (1)
- April 2015 (1)
- March 2015 (1)
- February 2015 (3)
- November 2014 (1)
- October 2014 (1)
- June 2014 (4)
- May 2014 (1)
- April 2014 (2)
- March 2014 (2)
- December 2013 (2)
- October 2013 (2)
- September 2013 (2)
- August 2013 (2)
- July 2013 (4)
- May 2013 (1)
- March 2013 (1)
- August 2012 (1)
- July 2012 (1)
- June 2012 (3)
- May 2012 (1)
- April 2012 (1)
- March 2012 (3)
- February 2012 (1)
- January 2012 (1)
- December 2011 (2)
- October 2011 (3)
- September 2011 (5)
- July 2011 (1)
- June 2011 (1)
- December 2010 (1)
- November 2010 (1)
- October 2010 (1)
- September 2010 (4)
- August 2010 (3)
- July 2010 (2)
- June 2010 (1)
- May 2010 (2)
- April 2010 (5)
- March 2010 (3)
- February 2010 (4)
- January 2010 (1)
- December 2009 (8)
- November 2009 (7)
- October 2009 (6)
- September 2009 (5)
- August 2009 (6)
- July 2009 (2)
- June 2009 (3)
- May 2009 (12)
- March 2009 (1)
- December 2008 (5)
- October 2008 (2)
- September 2008 (1)
- August 2008 (1)
- May 2008 (1)
- April 2008 (3)
- March 2008 (1)
- February 2008 (3)
- January 2008 (3)
- December 2007 (18)
- November 2007 (4)
- October 2007 (3)
- September 2007 (4)
- August 2007 (3)
- July 2007 (1)
- June 2007 (4)
- May 2007 (3)
- April 2007 (11)
- March 2007 (9)
- February 2007 (5)
- January 2007 (3)
- December 2006 (22)
- November 2006 (1)
- October 2006 (1)
- August 2006 (1)
- July 2006 (1)
- June 2006 (2)
- May 2006 (1)
- March 2006 (1)
- January 2006 (7)
- December 2005 (19)
- November 2005 (4)
- October 2005 (6)
- August 2005 (3)
- July 2005 (5)
- June 2005 (5)
- May 2005 (6)
- April 2005 (3)
- March 2005 (11)
- February 2005 (14)
- January 2005 (20)
- December 2004 (27)
- November 2004 (3)
- October 2004 (5)
- September 2004 (8)
Monthly Archives: December 2009
countercozen
verb. To cheat in return. (OED) My parents had an odd sense of parenting in a number of ways, but none more so than the utter randomness of their strictness. Case in point: When I graduated from high school, I … Continue reading
Posted in Growing Up
Comments Off on countercozen
christmas conversations
“I don’t know if you’ll like what I got you for Christmas. Not knowing your tastes or anything.” (Translation: I’m your mother and yet you never tell me ANYTHING.) My mom has an interesting sense of privacy. Which is to … Continue reading
Posted in Parents
Comments Off on christmas conversations
promise not to promise anymore
We all have pictures in our minds of who we want to be. And some days I’m just not that person. Some days I’m sad and useless and I have nothing creative or witty or interesting or smart to say. … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Comments Off on promise not to promise anymore
death and gin
Last night, I was sitting at a bar drinking gin, talking to a couple of strangers about death. Somehow we had gotten onto the subject of plane crashes and I said I had recently talked to someone who had been … Continue reading
Posted in Death
Comments Off on death and gin
who needs love when the sandwiches are wicked and they know you at the mac store
Yesterday, between finishing overdue work for clients, attending a university board lunch, meeting with a potential client, having coffee with someone to talk about organizing an upcoming conference, and answering questions from my editor about my book, I managed to … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Comments Off on who needs love when the sandwiches are wicked and they know you at the mac store
all the chances we’re gonna get happen here and now
Life’s a blur speeding past the window We’d love to stop but who has the time So much to do – we’re so far behind And we stay that way no matter how fast we go I wonder what’s the … Continue reading
a story of a terrible daughter
How does one explain the following: when looking at the start menu of a computer, the icon for Firefox says “Internet” beside it and “Mozilla Firefox” below it and the icon for Internet Explorer says “Internet” beside it and “Internet … Continue reading
Posted in Parents
Comments Off on a story of a terrible daughter
something else to add to the insanity list
It is so incredibly easy to slip into this place of letting the flaws of others — issues that have nothing to do with us — influence how we feel about ourselves. I don’t know why it’s such a comfortable … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Comments Off on something else to add to the insanity list