by Mir | May 27, 2025 | My name is Grumplestiltskin, Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Retail Therapy, Woohoo!
I don’t talk too much about the kids, here, anymore, on account of their being whole adults—not just, like, “okay, legally they’re adults,” but more like “they have retirement accounts with a corporate match” kind of adults....
by Mir | Apr 25, 2025 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Health is overrated, Oh look! Something furry!!
I really do keep intending to show up here more often, but I tend to underestimate the toll that existential dread takes on a person. (Or maybe not any person, but certainly on me.) I have half a dozen in-progress projects littered around the house, and nearly every...
by Mir | Mar 21, 2025 | Health is overrated, Oh look! Something furry!!
Mostly what I got from the last post was that you weirdoes really want to see Turnip in our mailbox. (I use “weirdoes” affectionately, you understand; obviously we are weirdoes who put her in the box in the first place. Repeatedly.) I am nothing if not...
by Mir | Mar 3, 2025 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Job? Huh?, My name is Grumplestiltskin, What do I do all day?
It has been so long since I posted here, I forgot the password. It has been so long since I posted here, I had to read the previous post to 1) figure out what I’d last shared and 2) brace myself for how far back I’d need to go to catch you up. It’s...
by Mir | Jul 24, 2024 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Every couple of years, Otto’s family throws a big family reunion—emphasis on BIG. I come from a family where there is almost no branch you can travel along the family tree and find more than two offspring at any given node. I grew up with one sibling and...
