by Mir | Apr 9, 2009 | Friends
This Love Thursday, I invite you to take a deep breath, hug your children, and then go read about Madeline Spohr. Her life was too short, but her legacy is (already) a swell of love and support that restores my faith in the human race. My thoughts are with the Spohr...
by Mir | Apr 8, 2009 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
There are things I understand about genes, and other things I don’t. Like, I understand that I can make a clover with my tongue because I have a pair of recessive genes which allow me to do so, and I also understand that I have hazel eyes because I have one...
by Mir | Apr 7, 2009 | Friends, Woohoo!
I honestly don’t remember how or when it started, but I know that it was not too long after I began blogging, so about five years ago. Somehow, Kira and I found each other. We read each other’s blogs, we emailed, and—eventually—started chatting...
by Mir | Apr 6, 2009 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
Our weekend was blessedly boring. Thank goodness. Sometimes a person needs a little boring. This weekend was also when I realized that we’ll be opening our pool again in just about a month. And once the pool is open, I will need to put on a bathing suit. This...
by Mir | Apr 5, 2009 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
The point will come when I stop showing you blurry pictures of little green bits and going on and on about how excited I am that things in my garden are growing. I’m pretty sure it will, anyway. But it’s not here yet. Especially because I went out the...