I want to pop onto Bloggy one last time in 2021, just to bid formal adieu to a pretty funky year that was preceded by another pretty funky year. Since three’s the charm, it’ll be better this go ’round, right? New Year’s Eve is hours away. This morning Ma asked me if I had any resolutions. Nope. In this time of uncertainty, ambitious aspirations are beyond me. Instead, I’m taking a wait-and-see approach. For no […]
Read moreMonth: December 2021
Visions of Seasonal Things Dancing in Your Heads
My dreams lately haven’t been barrels of laughs, but it’s been a while since I had one of my usual night terrors—until a few nights ago. Boy, was it a whopper. Here are events that I suspect precipitated it: A week before, I’d learned I’d been exposed to Covid during one of my rare social visits outdoors. (Luckily I dodged that bullet, but man, were the ensuing days filled with waves of anxiety.) A week […]
Read moreAmazing Grace
It’s been 22 years since I’ve had an elementary school calendar plastered onto my icebox door. Fourteen since I had a curious little companion to explore the world with, and the same since my daily ritual included getting a groggy, reluctant child to school each morning. (Actually, it seems twice that long: another lifetime, really.) Bet you already know where I’m going with this. It’s time to dust off my dormant child-tending skills. What’s in […]
Read morePrinderella & the Cince
Last week when I left TJ’s I brought home a videotape she and I had recorded together in 1993. I remember it consisted mostly of us hamming it up for the camera, performing antics that at the time I believed to be hysterically funny and clever. Dying to see it again so many years later, I had it digitized. Must’ve been a different tape. In this one, all we’re doing is running a series of […]
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