The Reluctant Grownup – Page 167 – Growing old gracelessly.

Summer, in All Its Glory

We were sitting in front of the t.v. fanning ourselves at about 7pm tonight when suddenly everything clicked off. The power was out. Woe. I thought fearfully of a night…

June 7, 2010

Navel Gazing (and I Don't Mean Oranges)

Robin Fly

I grabbed the Economist out of the mail today and flipped quickly to the obituary, like I usually do, and wondered who would be the subject next week, next month. …

August 11, 2014

Everyday Adventures

They Say It’s My Birthday

Still sick. Still busy. Too busy to write much. Except – Happy Birthday to me! I am taking a few hours out of my day this evening to do something…

September 1, 2010

Snap

RG / July 6, 2010

And just like that, as of about halfway through the day on the Fourth, I’ve snapped out of it. Still a little bored, still a little listless, but the depression has lifted. Weird,…

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The Fourth of July

RG / July 4, 2010

Right now, Jack is sleeping soundly in his room. Liam is hiccuping and flailing in my mother’s arms, as she rocks him in the glider in the corner. The cat is hovering over…

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Joy Comes in the Morning

RG / June 29, 2010

There is a Bible verse I used to love back in the days when I was an evangelical, and though my ardor for daily Bible reading (i.e. self-flagellation and guilt over my not…

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Bundle of Blues

RG / June 26, 2010

We have a lovely apartment, and I’ll be happy to get the hell out of it for more than 20 minutes. Which will happen at some point in the future. I know it…

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Moot Court and Potties and Journals, Oh My

RG / June 24, 2010

I can officially make the following comments: The newborn stuff is SOOOO much easier the second time around. I have almost no anxiety this time, I am managing his feeding better, and I…

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