Monthly Archives: March 2007

I know what I want for Christmas already

I contributed this post to Work It: A Blog for Working Moms. Published today, it’s about my conflicted desire to have someone clean up after me. Check out the comments where someone claims to have someone come to her home, … Continue reading

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Movie Review Haiku: Hollywoodland

First Superman dies. Spoiler: no resolution! Moved rather slowly. Fifties wardrobes rocked. Hey! Affleck looks like Waldo! Diane Lane is hot. On the Greg rating scale it’s not a chick flick, but it’s just not a person flick; skip it.

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The Book Sale

There is a singular pleasure in shopping for books at the library book sale. Comfortable among fellow bibliophiles, moving as though choreographed, sideways stepping , spine-reading heads held at an angle. I spent a glorious part of the afternoon at … Continue reading

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Overheard at Starbucks

A dad and his daughter faced one another over coffee and chocolate milk. The father wore the hunched shouldered mantle of the frustrated. The daughter swung her feet in sparkly-shoed glee. The girl, about three years old, was clearly in … Continue reading

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Happy Clover Day!

            ‘Twas six years ago today when Clover the Irish Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier joined our clan. He’s a good pup. I think we’ll keep him.  

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