For those of you that have been around here for a bit, you know I’ve been working on Lymphomania for years. You know about its different versions. You know how I fumbled when trying to juggle kids and writing. You know how Rocco gave me a laptop a couple of […]
My kids seem to keep doing that thing where they jump entire sizes overnight. So we’ve been spending entirely too much time in shoe departments. Paul: May I try these on? Me: Did you find those in the girl’s section, love? Paul: They were on the other side. Is that […]
So January. That didn’t last very long, did it? Now here it is mid February already and I haven’t visited here since New Years. I’ve been working furiously on THE BOOK. It’s a long story, and one I should probably tell you someday soon, but I’m adding a Part II. […]
Five years. Some times that feels like five seconds. Sometimes five lifetimes. It’s undergrad. A novel. An apprenticeship. A marriage. A thesis. A prognosis. A job. A career. A lifetime. A milestone. Normally, I wait and write about my trips to see Aloysius after they happen. I suppose I’m a […]
I need a piece of corn. Let’s try this again: Last week, I planted a mess of seedlings I’d been nurturing for months outside in some raised garden beds I recently built. They’re dead now. Apparently, you’re supposed to ease them outside, harden them, prepare them – not just shove […]