People say lots of things to make you feel better when you’re in the midst of a crisis. Most of it I find sort of nice. It shows that these people care about your family. But some things they just say because they don’t know what else to say. My favorite this week has been: [...]

I had written something in here months ago about my father in law and some health issues he was having. We thought it was dementia. Last Monday we found out it’s actually a brain tumor. It’s really not the kind of story I feel like typing out here. We’re still in that initial crisis mode [...]

Parker is a prolific artist. She produces a great deal of work. And she keeps it. ALL of it. And if you “accidentally” throw something away she knows it and you get in trouble. Big trouble. This is one of her new pieces. I call it “Happy Springtime Blooming Penis.”

I picked the wrong week to give up sweets. Last weekend I decided that I needed to detox. I’ve been practically mainlining peanut M&M’s since Christmas. And frankly, it’s making me sick. So Monday was my Day One. I was planning to eat nothing but healthy foods for seven days to see if it would [...]

On Monday, at my Brownie meeting, I let my girls carve soap with pocketknives. Real knives. It was all very exciting. They love danger. It went really well, certainly better than I had expected. They all listened to the rules about knife safety – they don’t usually listen. They sat and stayed focused on the [...]