Brilliance that surrounds me
I’ve been more optimistic recently. Almost giddy on the scent of spring - the distinctive mingle of lilacs, mown lawns and fertilizer in the air. There is rebirth in the vivid green of leaves finally come to cloak the poor, bare sticks of Winter. And there is the glee in the possibility of throwing up […]
A-Void-Ance
The existence of a book analyzing a person’s relative health based on the color, consistency and frequency of bowel movements does not, somehow, surprise me. In fact, when I first read about Josh Richmant and Arish Sheth’s field guide to excrement on Salon.com, I was not entirely bowled over (pun intended). It just seems simple […]
I’m Back and Sun Bitten
I’m back. Well, back in the way that any person is back from a tropical vacation…back to laundry and meal planning, back to the effort of regaining the normal flow of our daily lives, all while trying to right our plummeting moods, fighting the mild depression ushered in by the bleak February sky, the whispers […]
Pestilence and Dramatic Weather Events
I’m typing a brief adieu, I’m off to Florida where I hope to unwind and run sand through my fingers and unveil my shoulders to the kiss of the sun for the first time since September.
But it’s got to get worse before it can get better, right? As you’re reading this, I’m probably […]
Auditory Ills
Goteeman turned me on to an exam of sorts today and my test scores did not surprise me. The results are in and the kind folks over at BlogThings have said:
You Are Totally Anal Retentive
Yup, you’re so uptight - people definitely have called you “anal.”
You’re the type of person who’s so OCD you organize your […]
Closed for business
Hooray!!!! Yippeee!!!!! Great God Almighty, he actually made the call without my having to ask him more than twice. There were no fisticuffs in the Madmarriage household last night. And I bit my tongue and didn’t say, See how easy and nice things can be when you actually accomplish necessary tasks in a timely […]
Secret Missions, Contraband and Teenage Sexuality
I live in small town, small enough to necessitate a thirty minute drive beyond town borders in order to pick up choice, sensitive items like Tampax or Monistat or Trojans. Of course our lovely town with its black shuttered antique homes and a well manicured town-green with azalea bushes that bloom magenta in early spring […]
Nitrous withdrawal
Is it possible there is such a thing as a Nitrous Oxide hangover? While the whole procedure went seamlessly (one very afflicted tooth was effortlessly popped free of its tethers and will await the tooth fairy later this evening), there’s been a bit of an after shock. After spending 45 minutes under the mask […]
country mouse comes home
I did it. I went. I abandoned ill children and carried my guilty self to New York for my 48 hour dose of Bright Lights, Big City. And it was wonderful and exhausting and not entirely worth the drama of my return, but I’m glad I got away, if only briefly. And it’s true what […]
another day
Because y’all are really too kind and supportive to abandon, I’m back here at the keyboard typing away, ignoring my children and the stack of bills and the screens that are lined up in the basement awaiting the day when I will get around to washing windows and preparing for warm weather. So, yes, I […]
