by Mir | Feb 28, 2012 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I hate the word “miasma,” which is meant to describe something unpleasant, so I guess it’s just doing its job. Still. Hate it. I also hate the word “torsion,” which comes from having once had an ovarian torsion. (Pro tip: That really...
by Mir | Feb 27, 2012 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Woohoo!
“Journaling is stupid,” Chickadee said to me last night, out of nowhere, as we were driving to pick up pizza for dinner. I blinked at her. “Ummm,” I said, helpfully. “Don’t you have a diary you write in?” “Yes, but...
by Mir | Feb 24, 2012 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I cannot tell a lie: When it came time, at the end of yesterday’s adventure in the woods, to go around the circle and share what we were grateful for, I said I was grateful that no one had licked any slugs. When one of the guides shot me kind of a funny look, I...
by Mir | Feb 23, 2012 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
It seems like we were just out in the wilderness with Hippie School, doing important things like licking slugs, but today it’s time to go do it again. (I am hoping we’re exploring a slug-free zone, today.) The last time I wrote about going on one of these...
by Mir | Feb 21, 2012 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I’m still searching for that New Normal. Maybe I put it in the dryer and the universe mistook it for a sock? Stranger things have happened. In the meantime, we’re rediscovering some simple pleasures here at home. The beds are unmade and the sink is...
