by Mir | Oct 23, 2008 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I have an absolutely not-at-all-facetious question that is starting to gnaw away at me, so I’m going to ask it even though it may result in the revocation of my mothering credentials. While I very much believe that children display their own personhood, if you...
by Mir | Oct 22, 2008 | Friends, Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
So, last week my pal Foodie (remember Foodie? Perhaps I should always refer to her in context in a way that makes her sound all mysterious, like Hey! Remember Foodie and the Gazpacho of Doom?) called me up and said, “I have a friend who got a couple of show...
by Mir | Oct 21, 2008 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Ottomatic For the People
Although the few natives I’ve met ’round here have made it painfully clear that I will forever and always be a YANKEE (said with either a touch of disdain or, alternatively, a healthy dollop of incredulity, as if declaring me to have four extra toes), the...
by Mir | Oct 20, 2008 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Having the parental units in-house is a marvelous experience that makes me yearn for those days of yore when multiple generations shared a dwelling as a matter of course. Back then I’m sure that everyone got on everyone else’s nerves and someone was always...
by Mir | Oct 18, 2008 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I am neglecting you, I know, because I am too busy basking in the wonder that is having two other adults in the household to keep the children entertained. All of my careful tidying up prior to our visitors’ arrival has been flung asunder in favor of taking out...
