by Mir | Jun 8, 2005 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I am a person who is serious about promises. I don’t make promises idly, and once I make them I do everything I can to keep them. Which is why this morning was such a disaster. When I break a promise, the kids know that Something Is Wrong. And yeah, Something IS...
by Mir | Jun 7, 2005 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
Last year, I bought a cheap “canopy” from Big Lots to set up out on my deck, which had the annoying habit of heating up to approximately 3,492 degrees during the summer. I really wanted one of those little screen houses, but I couldn’t swing it at...
by Mir | Jun 6, 2005 | I'm dating the television
I’m so overwhelmed by nothing and everything, right now, that I’m not sure I could write anything coherent even if I wanted to. Actually, I don’t really want to. And that’s either one of the signs of the apocalypse or that I am in serious need...
by Mir | Jun 6, 2005 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
Dear former yoga teacher, Remember how you said that it was impossible to feel anxious while breathing deeply? We’d be doing our deep-breathing relaxation stuff, and you’d chirp on and on about how the sensation of anxiety was completely incompatible with...
by Mir | Jun 4, 2005 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
“It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.” –Yogi Berra It hit 90 here, today. I didn’t notice until late afternoon when I was elbow-deep in mulch and suddenly uuuuuuuuuugh I’m dizzy…. But, um, the front flower beds are...
