Recently we received a postcard from Natasha, aka Sarai the Mumbling Monkey. Actually, I should backtrack a little here and fill in a post that I kept meaning to write but didn’t. Natasha hails from the other side of the continent and, before heading to grad school, decided to venture as far east as she…
Category: Household
Weird weekend – warning: lots of whining
Right, so we’re down to a month until everything for the show has to be completed and two days before photography for the invites has to be done. Not everything need be ready for photographing, but I do need a good selection of pieces available and they should be representative of what the show will…
Somewhat overdue accolades
On June 22nd, 1996, John and I formally saved two other people from having to tolerate our aberrations and punning. I intended to write one of those sappy and charming, “it’s been a great ten years” posts a couple of months ago, but life got in the way. Actually, that’s not strictly true. I put…
Theological conversations with kids
John took Katherine (3.5), Sam (7) and Katie (9) to the Botanical Gardens today and overheard this conversation: Sam: There aren’t any unicorns anymore. Katherine: Where did they go? Sam: Jesus came and flooded the world and they were all killed. Katie: Sam! Don’t be ridiculous! Jesus wasn’t there. God did it. When John told…
Two feet and a heartbeat
Finding extra time in our lives these days is difficult on a good day. What with John’s job, my work (and the extra stress of the upcoming show and Christmas season), Katherine, three dogs, two tanks full of fish and a half an acre of weeds, not to mention family and household stuff, time is…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 