The Reluctant Grownup – Page 131 – Growing old gracelessly.

More Fun than a Monkey Full of Barrels

My new name is Barrel McRaven. Try it. Mean spirited? Yes. And So. So. Funny. Leave your new name in the comments! **Jack is Shove Maggot. …

September 18, 2008

Categorizing Things is Overrated

April Showers – Pix

P.S. to the post below – pictures will follow. We’ve downloaded them all, I just have to be home to select the most interesting ones and upload them onto the…

April 10, 2008

Categorizing Things is Overrated, Domestic Bliss, Everyday Adventures

Summer Weekend

A summer weekend: I wake at 6, lace up the shoes and go for a run. The summer heat and humidity is already so intense, my peppy run quickly devolves…

June 26, 2016

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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