When I was twelve years old I dreamt about swimming in a pool. It was an indoor pool in a dimly lit mostly concrete and tile room, sort of Roman bath style. There was a giant window, almost the whole wall, made out of those blocks of glass that you can’t see through, on one … Continue reading Running Down a Dream →

Do you remember Ann Landers and Dear Abby? I was thinking about them the other day, those two advice giving sisters, and wondering how their advice had aged. Were their views old fashioned and out dated? Are they “Karens” now? I used to read their columns every day. (In an actual newspaper!) I had this … Continue reading Dear Nic →

Provençal/ psalmody Psalter/ pterodactyl Those were the four words my trusty dictionary gave me when I opened it, like I sometimes do, for a writing prompt. “That,” I said to myself, “is definitely a sign.” The universe wants me to NOT write today. I did read the definitions, go down a little rabbit hole googling … Continue reading Four Things You (Maybe) Didn’t Know →

Lately I find myself wanting to complain about something but not complaining because I know my little whiny complaints are nothing in the grand scheme of things. So they are all building up inside of me, these things I want to complain about. I want to let them out. I’m about to get whiny. Look … Continue reading Something Else →

The Circus Family (named by a guy at our hotel one year who saw us coming and said to my sister, whom he didn’t know was with us, “Oh, here comes the circus”) has returned from our twentieth anniversary Michigan trip. Of course, though it’s been twenty summers, because of COVID it’s only 19 trips. … Continue reading Vacation 2021 →

When she was a teenager, Lily was so distraught over something that she can’t even remember now, that she ran off into the woods, to the big tree she had always looked to for comfort. She sat down on the mossy, grassy ground and cried her problems out one by one. Though she begged it … Continue reading Heavy Hearted →

I was thinking about the time, feeling like I had missed out on something big, I broke into Studio 54 in Las Vegas, when it was closed, by myself, and got busted by security, whom I plied with my feminine wiles before being escorted away. This story is true, but also it is fiction. This … Continue reading It’s Kind of a Funny Story →

After all this time there are some things you still don’t know about me, believe it or not. Lately I’ve been working on my novel which is the best piece of writing I’ve ever done, which is not to say I haven’t considered throwing the whole thing out and starting over on fourteen different occasions. … Continue reading This is Your Brain On →

Warning: Female topics ahead, turn back now It’s been an exciting two weeks around here. For starters, my period was two weeks late. Being 48, and being married to someone who has had a vasectomy, I wasn’t TOO worried about it. If my period took a hike it wouldn’t be the saddest day of my … Continue reading Pregnant →

I don’t want to be one of THOSE people, so here’s the recipe condensed up front: 2c sifted flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 4 eggs separated 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 c milk 1/2 c butter melted Combine dry ingredients, combine egg yolks and milk, add flour mixture and melted butter. Beat … Continue reading Dad’s Waffles →