Laughter & Also A Significant Portion Of Joy

Book #3 has pretty much become an all-consuming mission at this point. That's partly because it's due in just a few months so TIME'S A WASTIN', and it's also because I really love what I'm writing about. So whenever I find a little window-o-time, I … [Continue reading]

What’s Going On

1. Hazel is out of dog food. 2. We are practically out of people food - except that we do have some pickle relish, some oatmeal, and half a bag of gluten-free crackers. So YUM, YUM supper. 3. I have been trying to go to the grocery store for … [Continue reading]

Hey From B Terminal

I'm sitting at a gate in the Dallas airport right now, and there's a little boy who looks to be about four years old who's making me downright wistful about when Alex was that age. Here's the memory that keeps popping in my head. Fight Song … [Continue reading]

Monday Night Check-In

The plan was to have a super low-key Labor Day weekend. And we got off to a pretty good start. Friday night we went out to eat, Saturday morning I ran a few errands before the first game of the day, and then Saturday afternoon I actually tried to get … [Continue reading]

Welcome Back, Sweet Bell

Slowly but surely some of the back-to-school stun is wearing off, and I'm figuring out how to juggle the different parts of our day - with the exception of cooking supper. I have totally failed at supper-cooking the last week or so, but judging from … [Continue reading]

The Big Boo Cast, Episode 53

Well, we hit the ground running in this podcast, and while you might initially think we've detoured into techy territory when we talk about our computers (FASCINATING, naturally), we find our way back to our normal podcast pastures: fashion … [Continue reading]