TweetAs we entered the holiday family gathering, setting down boxes of gifts, shedding our coats, assuring greeter after greeter that, yes, the roads had been fine and, yes, it definitely was cold out there, I eyeballed the bathroom door. It … Continue reading
TweetBehind our house, across the alley, there lives a cohort of quasi-charming renters. Moving in after several disastrous previous occupancies, this group of young men demonstrates that young folk renting a house together don’t have to be feral beasts lacking … Continue reading
TweetIn line with my dislike of holidays and “planned happiness” is my aversion to greeting cards. For me, a pre-packaged sentiment drummed up for pay by someone who hates her job isn’t heartwarming. Nor is the fact that the sender … Continue reading
TweetBy the time I finished my first decade of life, I had learned to walk, run, ride a bike; play piano and flute; jeté like a big-boned ballerina possessed; babysit; and play Boggle. Also, I had boobies and was on the cusp … Continue reading
TweetWomen too often lead with apology. I have vowed to break that culturally inculcated habit and not apologize for my behaviors unless I’ve just vomited in your daisies or hit the reset button on your Furby. Thus, I will not … Continue reading
TweetWe aren’t fans of resolutions around here, nor are we particularly go-getters. However, as it turns out, we each have something we’d like to achieve in 2013. Allegra’s goal for this year is to learn to skate ski. We got … Continue reading
TweetIn 2000, when our first child was born, my dad bought us a video camera to aid in documenting the special moments. Although YouTube and America’s Funniest Home Videos intimate otherwise, video cameras are rarely present during the truly special moments. … Continue reading
Tweet “The Bear’s Money” by Louis Jenkins from The Winter Road: Prose Poems Every fall before he goes to sleep a bear will put away five or six hundred dollars. Money he got from garbage cans, mostly. Peo- ple throw … Continue reading
TweetA friend had dragged them along. A week earlier, that friend had been dragged along by his girlfriend. Isn’t that how trying out new things works when you’re young? A girlfriend drags a boyfriend who brings a couple more friends, … Continue reading
TweetI graduated from college twenty-three years ago, but still, at least once a year, I have the “Ohmygodohmygodohmygod, I woke up late and am missing my final exam but can’t find the classroom” nightmare. Considering my lax attitude towards class … Continue reading