by Mir | Apr 21, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
I don’t usually (read: ever) blog about sex. I’m a shy, retiring flower when it comes to such things. Also, my husband is descended from Puritans and my dad reads here (waving to all of the horrified men in my life). So, yeah. Not a sex blogger. On the...
by Mir | Apr 20, 2009 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
There are things in this world which I intellectually know to be true, but they remain—in my experience—sort of mythical, anyway, because I have no direct experience with them. Like… oh, I don’t know. Take THE HEARTBREAK OF PSORIASIS. (Anyone...
by Mir | Apr 18, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
You spent all day yesterday running up to me, leaning in until we were nose-to-nose, opening your eyes really wide and declaring, “HAPPY DAY BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY!” But then at bedtime, you were somber again. “I don’t think ten was really a very...
by Mir | Apr 16, 2009 | Detritus, It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I’ve been thinking a lot, the last couple of weeks, about histories and futures and—most of all—the gift of the present. I still struggle every day with appreciating that last one as much as I ought to, which is pretty ironic given that I’m not...
by Mir | Apr 15, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Boy, it’s too bad none of you had any opinions about my wedding dress. (Wait, is this a TOMATO someone threw at my head, there? C’mon, now. That would’ve been lovely on your salad, come lunchtime.) I have to tell you that I was ready to rid myself of...
