by Mir | Sep 18, 2007 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Once upon a time, in a land far away and in a time not all that distant, I had the first in what I knew would be a series of talks with my children. Really, with my daughter. Monkey was, as you might recall, more interested in playing with his Legos than in discussing...
by Mir | Sep 17, 2007 | Ottomatic For the People
This weekend—for the second time since our move—the kids went off with their dad and left Otto and me with a vast expanse (okay, a day and a half) of kid-free time. We of course got naked immediately, which was awkward because we were at Monkey’s...
by Mir | Sep 16, 2007 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
(This is just a quickie so that I can go back to this new thing I’m trying of pretending that I don’t work on the weekends. Woo! Am not checking email! Am just, um, petting my MacBook for a minute!) My family is nothing if not triumphant. I mean,...
by Mir | Sep 14, 2007 | Friends
You should totally come visit me. I am such a great hostess! Your every need will be solicitously attended to, and the overall feeling will be one of complete and utter specialness. Why, just ask Joshilyn. You can’t ask her right this second, because she is...
by Mir | Sep 13, 2007 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, The Year of Living Changerously
As I may have alluded to here once or twice (ha!), my transition to southern belle has been a little rocky. I love it here, I really do; this town is, as I’m fond of saying, very much like my hometown but with more bacon. In the sense that a new area could feel...
