First, let me say that I LOVE sushi. Part of the reason is that I love the way my body feels when I eat sushi. I feel less weighed down than when I eat most western-type cuisine. If I could eat sushi daily, I would. If I had to choose between a sushi dinner of [...]
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I’ve been into photography most of my adult life. But I’ve been one of those photographers who couldn’t afford the craft. I have a drawer-ful of unprocessed film from my years with a basic student Pentax SLR film camera, a gift from my grandmother when I graduated junior college. I have negatives from my photojournalism [...]
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Look! It’s the guy who puts the mirth in the mother. Wow does that sound dirty! Here’s looking at you, husband of 8 years, yin to my yowza, cream in my coffay, responsible for half the genetic material that comprises the li’l mirthlings. I adore you!
The first tree we trimmed together was actually a potted [...]
I’m sure this will all come out in therapy years down the road, when I’m trying to find the source of my particular strain of crazy. First, it belongs in here, for you dozen or so to read .
I have changed my paradigm again. I am a blue-blood yankee, dragged to Florida at the [...]
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Taken at the Marblehead (Mass.) Arts Festival, July 4, 2006.
Laurel went up the stairs wearing her first pull-up. When she came back down, she was asking for a diaper, and she smelled like poop, and there was evidence (do you really need the details?) that she had pooped. Somewhere. The father was sent upstairs, his steps tentative and frightened of what he might find. [...]
The four-year-old has been waking us up every 40 minutes or so between 10 and 3 a.m. the last three nights, informing us that she’s had a nightmare. Then, at 7, she’s ready for breakfast. Not getting very much sleep makes us very cranky parents. But, when she walks into our room in her footie [...]
OK, they’re totally messing with my brain. Yesterday, my younger child walked into the room and had BOTH TWINS IN HER HANDS! I swear, I tore the house apart looking for the babies.
Delay any condolences. I need to find a new hobby.
There are benefits to having a child under age 2 who can speak sentences and communicate effectively. For one, you always know what crime her older sister committed that caused her some distress. I hear this a lot, “No, Kelsey, that’s mine!” For another, there is little confusion regarding what she wants to eat or [...]
I think Labor Day should be a day set aside to honor all women who have gone through the trials and tribulations of having a baby. What do you think? And moms should get the day off. Employers would still honor the holiday by giving employees the day off, but all the daddies would take [...]
