TweetRemember in 1991 when Demi Moore squatted down, and a girl child fell out? Less memorably, remember the Friday night in 2000 when I put my knees to my ears and emitted a squalling bundle of flesh? Now, some years … Continue reading
Tweet“Wait! What’s that?” asked seven-year-old Girl, catching a glimpse of the email I had opened on the computer tonight. “It’s just a message someone sent. But it’s time for bed; go choose your book, and then we’ll brush teeth,” I … Continue reading
Tweet When I was 18 months old and napping one day, my aunt felt compelled to hold a mirror to my mouth to check my breathing and find out if I was still alive. I slept that deeply. … Continue reading
Tweet Five years ago, on January 17th, I made one of my students vomit. I hadn’t even assigned “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” either. Rather than yacking up her lunch as a reaction to Coleridge’s opium-induced writings, she … Continue reading
Tweet Thanks to Jesus and his lot–and Lot’s Wife–I need some new swears. If it weren’t for them and all their high-fallutin’ “Biblical history,” I probably would never have heard of the Dead Sea and its abrasive salts. Which … Continue reading
Tweet(Note: If you didn’t read the previous post by my guest blogger, Jim, you’d best do that before reading this one. No, seriously. Go do it. Stop skimping on every facet of your life. Just go read it, for the … Continue reading
TweetSometimes we see our craziness only in retrospect. Ah, hell, not sometimes. Pretty much always; I mean, if we realized how off kilter we were at the time, we’d probably tame our wilder impulses. Right, Britney? My most recent crazy … Continue reading
Tweet If there is a circle of life, that circle just might be the “O” at the start of “Oprah.” It all starts and ends with Her Royal TalkNess, dunn’t it? If we need a book to read, she tells … Continue reading