Yesterday I found myself in the interesting predicament of explaining to my son what an Indian is. Should have saw that coming given the venue of the discussion. I was itching to do some exploration yesterday since we’re mostly settled in here and I really want to become as at-home here as I was...
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I think it may be time to have a serious talk with Rosco. At five he’s starting to notice that he doesn’t look like everyone else around him. We haven’t had many discussions about why people look the way they do because he generally isn’t curious about it. That being said, there’s one part...
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So, we’re moved into the rental house and trying to get our copious amounts of shit unpacked. It’s been a tough week for me made somewhat better by my locating the coffee maker, spoons, and box of mugs. We spent Sunday moving our stuff out of the corporate apartment (took four carloads). The movers...
Read more →January’s BlogHer Book Club selection is The Underside of Joy. It’s a beautiful book, really: it’s complex, lushly layered, and elegantly written. Here’s a blurb from the author’s website: To Ella Beene, happiness means living in the Northern California river town of Elbow with her husband, Joe, and his two young children. For three...
Read more →*sidenote – I actually did contract a novella last week. It’ll be released under my pen name late this spring. If you happen upon it and think the writing seems like mine and ask me if it’s my work, I may confirm it. Why a pen name? Because it’s a romance–the Snarky Momma is...
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