On Friday I take the boys for shots. The sharp kind, not the fun kind. It’s been so long that no one remembers what to expect. Apparently it’s been eons since those needles were put into the little dough-balls we called thighs. At lunchtime James admonishes me for trying to…
Nate’s go-to sayings continue to roll-in. “Pizza” is a common response to any question. He loves to find a reason to tell me, “I like your cut G.” He definitely says it with swagger. As far as I can tell, he’s talking about my haircut. Despite it being months since…
The monotony of the lockdown life… I find myself waking-up again. Making coffee again. Time to set the table again. Time for bed again. Mostly I find myself standing in front of the pantry cupboard, staring at the same shelves. The same snacks. I say, “I’m ready for this pandemic…
There have been many surreal milestones and unprecedented events this past year. While it seems like our days are dragging, they just keep coming. Sickening images of abuses of power. Store shelves empty. An uninhabitable temperature of 120 degrees on September sixth. Weeks of unnatural orange light and ash in place of rain. A…
Early in the pandemic I was a Bob Jones Trail die hard. James was home and so I’d submit a request for leave and hit the trail as often as I could. But these days I’m only free in the early evening and so the next best thing is what…
We’re deep into season three of Cobra Kai and are loving every karate minute. Except yesterday when there was an exceptionally brutal scene of a cruel Cobra kid named Hawk breaking Dimitri’s arm. Jacob was profoundly disturbed by the violence and stomped off close to tears. I’m grateful he could appreciate…
Last week James told me our neighbor Ralph told him that the two ugliest trees on our road are right in front of a Biden sign. It was a well-timed dig and just about the funniest thing I’ve heard in a long time. Seriously, we’ve had two of the ugliest…
So Jacob’s been pretty set on studying computer science or computer engineering when he goes to college. I’m not sure the exact difference between these two, but I’m sure we’ll google it and get that checked off our list shortly. In any case, when he learned you can build your…
We really had the most peaceful and joyful Christmas this year. It was cozy. Our holiday candle smelled so good. We enjoyed the most perfectly cooked prime rib with Grandma Suzy’s Smashed Potatoes and a festive pomegranate salad. The pine needles on our tree only shot off like porcupine quills…
And now… my Christmas batteries story. I’ll never forget the very first time James took me home for Christmas. Everyone called him Jamey back then. They were never talking to me. Twenty-some years later and they’re still only occasionally talking to me. In any case, there were a lot of people…