I feel a certain amount of guilt about sharing this because I grew up in a family, sort of like the mafia, where it was understood by silent contract that you’re supposed to reveal to the watching world only what is perceived to be “normal” and publically “acceptable” and refrain from revealing or, better, refrain [...]
Archive for April, 2006
Sterling Silver
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2006 | 10 Comments »
If I were a bee
Posted in Uncategorized on April 10, 2006 | 11 Comments »
Annie, my irrepressible daughter, was assigned “Kinder-Homework” this weekend and aksed to:
Complete the following sentence: “If I were a bee….” (below a drawing of a bee colored in black and yellow). Her response was as follows:
“If I were a bee…I would fliy“
And she does, every day, between the few minutes it takes her to shake [...]
Someone
Posted in Uncategorized on April 1, 2006 | 8 Comments »
…..Susan, who’s FOUR children are waiting for her across the sea in California, is as bollixed as I am. We’re the only ones back on the bus now. The rest of our large group are still “visiting” in the orphanage. She sits off to the driver’s side (I’m across the aisle from [...]