The Reluctant Grownup – Page 131 – Growing old gracelessly.

Fried Kitty Legs

This morning before work I found the cat mewing pitifully at our cedar chest in the front room, reaching under it with both paws. I got down on my belly…

December 12, 2006

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Newsletter: 28 weeks

Jack- You have become a territorial little fellow. I’ve noticed it recently. If I cross my arms above my belly, you punch and poke them til I uncross…

February 5, 2008

Parents and Siblings and Cousins, Oh My!, Travel

Peace Out Yo

We are leaving town next week. It will be a weeklong trip to the West, to visit friends and family. Last year we headed west to visit the absolutely fabulous…

June 28, 2007

Angry?

RG / January 2, 2012

A couple people asked – on NYE, I drank a lot of wine and wrote something about being angry. I did not remember typing it. I don’t know what I was angry about.…

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Aught Eleven

RG / January 1, 2012

1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before? Wrote a Motion to Sever. (It won!) 2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for…

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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

RG / December 20, 2011

The other day we put the kids in the car after supper and we drove them through the twinkling streets of uptown New Orleans to marvel at the lights. We pointed out the…

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Christmas Commercialism – DEFENDED

RG / December 19, 2011

I’m bucking the trend and saying yes, I love the buying of Things at Christmastime. For me, Christmas is the “gratification” part of “delayed gratification.” I don’t buy stuff for my kids, myself,…

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IRRITATION

RG / December 16, 2011

Frustrated by a minor situation with a project I’m doing at school. This guy could give lessons in how not to do things. Lesson 1 – do not assign something to a middle…

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