by Mir | Jun 9, 2005 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
If I was going to use my new, expensive screenhouse as an analogy about resilience and then it rained really hard and the thing snapped in three different places, what would that mean, exactly? Wait. Nevermind. I don’t think I want to know.
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...
