We’re home today. A Tuesday. It’s cold down here, colder than anyone under the age of 40 has ever seen, and schools closed just in case of pipes bursting or buses breaking down. So I was home Tues and Wed of Christmas week, home Wed of the following week, and now I’m home again Tues….
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Phil Robertson, affluenza, and the War on Christmas
What do these trending topics all have in common? They all make me want to quit facebook. Jeezy Creezy. I’ll spare you my thoughts on these trending topics – I’m sure that if you are on social media, you’ve already heard it all. Instead, I’ll tell you another quick sweet story that makes you like…
Karen On My Mind
Tropical Storm/Hurricane Karen is churning its way toward us. The Professor had planned to be out of town on a much-anticipated trip West for a wedding, but he stayed. He had to make his decision on Thursday, and at that point we just didn’t know whether it would be a hurricane by landfall, or still…
Saturday Morning Meal Planning
Two, two, two posts in one day. In one sitting, in fact. Something about dawn makes the melancholy take hold, but having purged myself of those memories, I now turn to the more practical concerns of managing a home and family. I.e., time to make that grocery list. Although it remains boiling hot here in…
Fishin’, and Other Diversions
In about a week, I will be an age that rhymes with schmirty schmive. I am way too old to love my birthday but I still do. I occasionally feel anxious about mortality, an aging body and its attendant aches and pains, and I definitely tug at the loose skin around my neck and arms…