Spring is really as annoying as hell with its tiresome eternal promise of renewal and rebirth and unity and love. It’s too goddamned cheerful. I almost prefer the foot of cold wet isolating snow that hit the foothills of the Rockies in the middle of May. I’m not quite...
Slings & Arrows
Rat Dogs, Road Rage & Refrigerator Magnets
“It’s to shield her eyes from the sun,” says the large scowling man with the little rat dog. He is referring to the frilly pink polka-dot bonnet his dog is wearing, which perfectly matches the frilly pink polka-dot skirt that’s been tied pertly around her middle. Husband has just...
Tilley Hats and Blue Sound Tracks
“Oh, yes! Yes!” (pound, pound) “More! Oh, that’s so good! I’ve been waiting all day for this! Oh, oh, oh!” (pound, pound) “Don’t stop!” Husband and I tried a new “Encourage the Grown Children to Leave the Home” technique last night. It might have been more effective if we...
Busted and Gone With The Wind
A year or so ago, Son #2 got caught illegally downloading a movie onto his computer in the wee hours of the night – some silly sci-fi thing that he probably could have purchased legally for a song. The thrill of Tech Piracy seduced him. The internet account is...
News That’s Not
The first day of spring – a new season marking another revolution around the sun and another resolution to lose the annual weight I pack on over the winter. The harsh rigors of winter are brutal here in suburbia. I need second helpings and lots of Cabernet for the...