5-1: Uncle Larry sets his eyebrows on fire

Some bets you can bank on this Christmas Eve Eve  weekend. Candle light will flicker small at first, pass from hand to another until a tiny sanctuary glows brilliant. Chestnuts will be purchased pre-packaged with “hickory-smoked-like artificial scent preservative” and we’ll watch a DVD of a cozy, crackling logs. The toddler will keep insisting he needs to … Continue reading »

A Year of { THANK YOU }

 So this is it. I say “this is it” a full quarter of a day before the clock strikes twelve. My mother always told me  “the early bird gets the worm…but misses the party” and “the only thing going on after midnight is hoochin’ and whorin’ “. She never really said that, but I like … Continue reading »

Thankful Blogger Am Thankful

This coffee is delicious. But it’s no Starbucks, and I haven’t had breakfast yet. My house is sparkling for a minute and smells like a jolly, giant lemon swallowed a lemon who’d already snacked on a lemon only to get lemony indigestion and burp fresh zest in 1,600-square-foot clouds.Well,  I’m the peasant who had to scrub … Continue reading »

Yee-To-The-Hizzaw, Among Other Things

This week I puked in my kid’s  favorite sippy cup. He thought the world was over, but overcame this earth-shattering trauma to live another day. He was strong and able enough to endure 730 days, apparently, and had the audacity to turn two right before my very eyes. I thought the world was over, but … Continue reading »

fresh legs: wise words from the newly walking.

There was sun. There was sun, warm winds, and ground that finally smelled like grass. So we stood still in the center of a sprawling playground, a mom and her boy fresh from crawling.      With biting air and ice and snow smothering life outdoors, my son learned to navigate on foot and wobble safely around sharp corners in … Continue reading »