• Trajectory

    Do you ever feel like you’ve been gently, insistently redirected?  Herded.  Shepherded.  There is a distinction, but in either case, direction from an outside source is implicit.  A sheep-i-ness is implied.  I have…

  • My Pride, My Joy

    The past two nights, I’ve had to take Jack to stay with friends for the evening while I putter about doing law school activities (the husband and baby were out of town).  The…

  • Fairy tale

    Once upon a time, back in the days before my marriage, I still lived with my oldest younger sister.  We lived together in a tiny grayish house in Hillsborough, North Carolina, a town…

  • Friday Evening WTF

    We glanced at our bare cupboards last night, and decided to drive to a nearby Pizza Hut to pick up some greasy dinner and bring it home.  Pizza Hut is in a small…