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While we were furniture shopping last week, we also bought a bunk bed for Marshall. We ought to have gotten him one long ago, when he was younger, but at least he is not yet too old to enjoy such … Continue reading →

My husband and I went furniture shopping yesterday. We weren’t necessarily planning to buy anything. We just thought we’d just check out what was available. The experience turned out to be sort of depressing, though. None of the couches was … Continue reading →

Change is coming. I can feel it in the air. Change to big things. Change to small things. I wish I felt that it would all be good.

What’s really annoying is when a scientist takes the plot for your novel and tries to turn it into real life. (BTW, I’m not suggesting for a moment that she “stole” my idea. I’m just unhappy that it’s taking me … Continue reading →

My husband visited his parents today, and my mother-in-law sent some chourico home with him. I reheated the chourico and ate it on a hot dog bun with some ketchup. Yes, ketchup. I’m pretty sure that’s enough to get me … Continue reading →

It’s a beautiful night for listening to the peepers.

Quote of the day: I hope it starts pouring. I don’t want to get soaked. I just want everyone to stay away! —Spoken by the cart-return guy at the local grocery store Thanks to Stop & Shop’s labor strike, our … Continue reading →

I took this week off from work. Inspired by my success in the limerick contest, I wanted to try writing full-time. I thought if I could just repeat the focus I’d found for the limericks, I’d be able to accomplish … Continue reading →

Downstairs Livia is singing and playing “Do Re Me” on the piano. Marshall is strumming chords and playing miscellaneous notes on the guitar. All that jingle and jangle, separate, dissonant, rises up the stairs to my office, where I listen, … Continue reading →