Many, many moons ago, I acquired a pair of knee-high fringed moccasins. Though I wore them very rarely, I held onto them for some reason. Perhaps they were expensive? Perhaps I just can’t get rid of anything?
In any case, you cannot imagine my deep satisfaction when I discovered that (a) [...]
As we approach the autumn equinox, I’m aware of signs that summer is ending. The days shorten, the nights get cooler, and I have even seen a few flocks of Canada geese heading south. (And I have still only gotten a handful of tomatoes!)
I await the beginning of school next week with mixed [...]
I wish I could better emulate excentricbahhumbug’s genius in the garden, but all I can usually manage is a few tomato plants. Sadly, summer has been late and fitful around here, so to date I have harvested only one (1) tomato. And my plum tree has powdery mildew and didn’t even set fruit. [...]
A guy on a street downtown staring at my daughter’s breasts. Ew! Dude, she’s not even a teenager yet!
Edited to add: I might mention that she was not wearing anything revealing or provocative, just an ordinary knit shirt at which no one would (should!) bat an eye.
After being out of work for five months, I suddenly had an embarrassment of riches: the giant search engine company grudgingly consented to rehire me for telecommuting QA work, and my kid’s elementary school suggested that I apply for a half-time position as an assistant to the district talented and gifted coordinator.
I was tempted [...]
Back to school shopping is an experience I have dreaded more and more as my daughter ventures deeper into adolescence. Neither of us is gifted or even much interested in fashion, which can be an enormous social obstacle in middle school.
This year, I had the inspiration of inviting the charming and extremely [...]
I had intended to post this pic with something whiny. But while my kids were swimming at the (very VERY crowded) public pool today, I was reading Vikram Seth’s Two Lives, which chronicles the friendship and eventual marriage of his Indian-born uncle and a German-born Jewish woman. The part I read today described [...]
From Mompriest at RevGalBlogPals:
Gracious God, Thank you for the gift of life; for the complexity of life, the challenges of life, the beauty of life. Thank you for sending us your incarnate Word, who lived (lives) and walked (walks) as one of us. Thank you for accepting us just as we are: broken, shattered, incomplete, [...]
As one of six children in an alcoholic family, I learned early to conceal my needs, and my signature work and relationship style for a long time was Not Needy, a pose that I have not yet fully abandoned despite its obvious detriments. This brought a special punch to PeaceBang’s post about her struggle [...]
Mata H describes a passing encounter at a truck stop that changed her reflexive thinking.
