He stands in the doorway. He won’t come all the way through. He is on the way to work. But he has something to say before he goes. “All my life I’ve been buying pants that are 34, 30,” he says. I know this. “It’s the wrong size,” he says and, as proof, offers me […]
Read moreShe was helping me at the kitchen sink. I was scrubbing potatoes, and she was washing the sink with the long-handled-soap-dispensing-spongy-scrubbing-thing we have. Then I turned the water on, and then I let out a little scream because, Very Suddenly, my shirt was wet. She had wrapped a rubber band around the handle of the […]
Read moreMy husband’s blog, which he started for work six weeks ago (and which is, incidentally, brilliant– or, if not brilliant, then witty, thought-provoking, and clever) is ranked the 466,000th Most Popular Blog On Earth. Out of 71 million blogs. This information comes to us courtesy of Technorati, a company that evaluates these kinds of things, […]
Read moreI’d like to introduce you to a new resident of our home: Mr. Wally Face. He’s been living with us for about a month now, maybe longer…. ever since Bill got a hold of a piece of drifting sticky tack left over from what I had used to hold our Christmas advent candles in the […]
Read moreBill turned 40 yesterday. Some of the cards he received contain lovely and simple birthday greetings. From the Clements: “Wishing you a day filled with happy moments!” And from my parents, who number themselves among Bill’s biggest fans: “Another birthday, another year closer to perfection!” But others carry the kinds of greetings that I think […]
Read moreI think they will remember the hotel. Yes, that’s what they’ll remember. They’ll remember three nights at the hotel. Remember how we had separate bedrooms? And remember the counter where we pretended to be at a restaurant? And we had two separate bathrooms. And three (3!) televisions! And we had waffles Every Morning for breakfast! […]
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