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How to Survive November
The first few days of November, riding high on a wave of pumpkin pie and autumn leaves, we think, it won’t be that bad. This year, it’s sunny. This year, the air is apple-crisp! This year, there won’t...
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What’s in the bag? What am I carrying with me right now? What can I let go? Gwen Bell asked this personal question for reflection and this morning, just out of bed, I reflected on it. It’s apropos...
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Dear November
Dear November 2011, Fuck you. Seriously. It wasn’t enough to start the month with two kids with Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, a time change, and a smack-tonne of rain. You had to give me a 13-day...
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Supper table. Both children and I, eating. Each child has a glass of water and a glass of apple cider. Non-alcoholic. Trombone: When I’m done this apple cider, can I have more apple cider? Me: No....
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Notes from Mother’s Journal: Uphill From Here, in A Good Way Edition
The first day of Christmas vacation was not the best day of my life. I felt like I was getting a cold; the kids have both been sick and now have those clear-the-room coughs; we had nothing to do and no...
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In one of my darker moments of the past week, I wrote an e-mail to 2012. I asked it to bring good things for me and my friends. I also asked for maybe a month or two of health, just because it would be...
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The Ten Rules of Being Almost-Four, By Fresco
Fresco will be four in April. I know. It’s ridiculous and it shouldn’t be happening, but there you go. Life, wheels, turning, yearning, etc. It has been harder lately to ascertain what of my children’s...
View ArticleTornado
In a comment on my last post, Jana said, I am just going to ignore everything except the one about cuddling because I am trying to survive the SHITSTORM THREES over here and if you’re telling me that...
View ArticlePost 3225, Which Count Includes 80 Drafts You’ll Never See
I didn’t mean to be gone so long from here. There is so much I want to say and I have no words. No, I didn’t get a book deal or a job. I’m not having another baby, or getting a dog, or buying a house....
View ArticleNew Blog! For November 2012, and Possibly Beyond But Don’t Hold Me To It
Oh hi – (cough) – sure is dusty in here. Holy cuh-rap is that a spider? OK. Anyway, I have a new blog now. I have a new blo-og nowww. I have a new blog now and it’s Over HERE … Continue reading →
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