A love hate relationship it has always been.It’s great hair, I’ve* just done disastrous things to it or nothing at all. Bad cuts are ok as a kid, or at least you can hide them. Eugene, OR circa 1975 Circa ‘75 w/bonnet Circa ‘79 Bowl-cut w/wicker Circa ‘79 w/towel Circa ‘81 My 1st Mullet Today. Too dark, unstyled, increasingly silver. This pose works [...]
Friday, February 25, 2011
Here’s the thing, I don’t go to the gym to mack. It probably isn’t even still referred to as that. I never was the kind of girl that actively tried to grab a guy’s attention, so forgive me my clumsy articulation of the act of flaunting your desire to be noticed in public by someone [...]
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
I know she came from me, but since that day she has so far surpassed me. I delight in her every detail, there is not a contour upon her face that does not steal my breath. The way she wrinkles her nose and sends her face sideways, the brush of her dark lower lashes against [...]
Saturday, February 19, 2011
The work day yesterday ended with an unexpected phone call from a person who is not a client. Not ten seconds into the phone call I began to have my ass chewed 6 different ways. I was completely blindsided and utterly shocked by the audacity. Definitely a “do you know how important I am?” kind [...]
Monday, February 14, 2011
There is nothing that I do here that makes me any money. No ads. No sponsors. No giveaways. Nothing. I started blogging in 2004 and have been pecking away (Sorry Mr. Demick, Keyboarding 101 was really just a long lunch for me, so rarely did I attend. You weren’t a perv, so I still don’t know [...]
Saturday, February 12, 2011
There were razor sharp edges this week. Every way I turned I came upon resistance, literal and figurative. The harder I tried to push them away, the more futile I knew it was. I got angry, I gave up, I wept and then I just gave in. I stopped fighting, accepted (actually asked for) a [...]
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
She likes purses, particularly dainty, expensive, rarely-used-by-me clutches. When asked what her doll or stuffed animal is named she says, without fail, “She’s sassy.” People say, “Sassy? That’s her name?” and she grins, nods emphatically and says, “Yes, just Sassy.” I’ve tried to understand what it is that has allowed her to slip under my skin [...]
Sunday, February 6, 2011
The supportive murmurs of, “Perfect enough,” “Considering all you do…” and “They won’t remember” hit me and then slid right down, landing in an unhelpful puddle at my feet. I’m not trying to please my kids, my husband or society. I have an internal barometer of what’s ok that cannot be quieted. Not unlike [...]
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
More snow. Double ear infection. (mine) Laundry and deadlines vying. (not all mine) This 18 month old pic of Fin is how I feel today. (lucky to call her mine) Carry on.
Monday, February 28, 2011
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