Month: September 2009

  • Grossy gross gross

    Dear Riley, Yesterday you ate poop. Then when I was brushing your teeth, you ate half the toothbrush head. The only thing that I was happy you ate last night was the hydrogen peroxide I used to induce your vomiting. Until I had to pick up all your vomit. Then I wasn’t feeling so cheerful.…

  • A couple days ago Alex sent me the poem “The Return” by Bruce Bond, and several lines resonated with me. In particular: Long ago tomorrow was everything to me. I loved it the way a small room loves an only window, the farthest reaches, the fever of daylight as it rises and falls. Long ago…

  • The past couple days I have been going through a bunch of New Yorker and Narrative magazine stories I had bookmarked to read and never did. I consider this part of my job as a writer, but there are a probably a lot of people out there who are like, “Reading? That’s your job? HAH!”…

  • “Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.” You can watch the full video, Isabel Allende: Tales of passion, at YouTube or below. She’s actually rather funny.

  • Well that was short-lived. As y’all can see, I redesigned. Again. I just “wasn’t feeling” that design, and apparently I wasn’t the only one. Thanks for all the feedback, folks. Hopefully this new look incorporates the best of both worlds. Most importantly, I think it reflects my personality: simple, tidy, and fun/cute/endearing. And yes, I…