Yes, I have returned. No, I am not talking to you, because I doubt you noticed I was missing. In fact, unless you are among the few friends who knew about my internet deprivation over the last few days, I’m sure you have no idea what I’m talking about. I am talking to the internet […]

The other day I happened to spy the cover of a book with some interesting information on it. It was a how-to book, and claimed (I have no reason to doubt it) to be a best-seller. It went on to say that this copy– the one I held in my hands– was a third edition. […]

I had a writing afternoon yesterday. I didn’t do much writing, though. Just a few corrections here and there. For the most part I was reading through what I’ve written, making notes on each chapter, so that I’ll remember- or have hopes of finding out- what I’ve written so far. I recently finished reading a […]

I went back to the orthopaedist today. After weeks of wearing my orthopaedic shoe, it was time. I arrived five minutes late, and I think they were punishing me for that, because I waited for an hour and a half to see my doctor. Of course, before I saw the doctor, they x-rayed my foot. […]

mulched \’mulchd\ adj : having, bearing, or esp. being covered by mulch [fr. Emma Grace] (2005) Example: Are you dirty, Emma Grace? (This, because she is already on Outfit Number Two) Well, I’m a little bit wet, and my clothes are mulched. I check, and behold! The mulched clothing. Outfit Number Three. Author humbly requests […]

I am reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to the children, and no, it’s not because the movie is coming out in December. I’m reading it to them because it’s a wonderful story, and I loved hearing it as a child and hope they will/are, too. And also because the movie is coming […]

I finished reading another book today: Arthur Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha. It is a beautiful book, if one can say such a thing about a story that details the objectifying and abuse of women. I lived in Japan for two years as a child, and so knew about geisha long before reading this book. […]

I am writing a book. No, not here, though I know my entries are Entirely Too Long and have the appearance of a novella. No, I am writing a book Elsewhere, in my spare time. Why is that hard for me to say? I don’t know, but it always is. It is hard for me […]

I got my first cardio-vascular exercise in– has it been?– nine weeks today: I swam ten laps at the pool. That’s almost a third of a mile. Not bad, huh? I did it Slowly. I didn’t do it Well. But I did it. I had actually done about half that on Saturday, and it wasn’t […]

Everett has learned– really and truly– to ride his bike. He began riding it without training wheels a year ago, but has always felt Very Nervous about it, only riding in the most absolutely level of circumstances. Just before The Big Drop, we went on a long ride on the Tobacco Trail, and he was […]