My dad's birthday is coming up - less than a month away. As it's his first birthday in Portland, and the first birthday on which I'll have the chance to see him in more than 15 years, I wanted to do something special. I'd been racking my brain trying to come up with it and Sunday … Continue reading like father, not like daughter…
Category: babble
apparently I’ve reached an age…
I was born shortly after 8am on a Tuesday morning. By all accounts it was a quick and easy birth. I was a little early, but nothing at all to worry about and my parents were in the hospital less than an hour before I came quietly into the world. Oh, for all I know … Continue reading apparently I’ve reached an age…
ghosts of blog posts past: knowing…
In an attempt to clean things up I'm once again going through the posts that, for some reason, were never posted. Some of them are little stories, specific incidents, brief trains of thought. Others, like the one below from December last year, are like a long form vague tweet that months later not even I … Continue reading ghosts of blog posts past: knowing…
a lesson learned at comic con…
There are a lot of things one might expect to see, to do, and to learn at a comic con. Largely I believed they were about comics, horror, super heroes, sci-fi, or the human capacity to endure having their toes stepped on and torso bumped into in a crowd. I expected to see super heros, … Continue reading a lesson learned at comic con…
proof that we do, in fact, live in the future…
Like most people I'm not a fan of waking up to the sound of a buzzing, ringing, or beeping alarm clock, but still those damn things are so very much a part of our lives. I remember as a kid winding my pale pink bell alarm clock each night. Checking to ensure it hadn't wound … Continue reading proof that we do, in fact, live in the future…
great things come in small packages…
A couple of months ago on one of my rare visits to the office my boss asked if he could have a word with me. You all know what that's like? That moment of abject terror when you review everything you have done or could be called out on for the last week, two weeks, … Continue reading great things come in small packages…
goodbye for now, fair shoes…
School is back in session, the morning has a tiny nip on the breeze, and the season is starting to change. So today when I had the chance to run out to lunch I skipped the flats and ignored my sneakers in favor of the 5 1/2" cork and black leather peep-toe wedges I picked … Continue reading goodbye for now, fair shoes…
the occam’s razor approach to cat shit…
It's taken me a week or so to come to terms with this. To mention it. To anyone except my kid that is. Why? because I don't like to talk about fecal matter. Really, who does? But this is a real world. And as the saying goes, shit happens. This is the story of one … Continue reading the occam’s razor approach to cat shit…
I’m so vain I probably think this post is about me…
You know those days where nothing particularly special happens but things are just good? When your life has been so full of ups, downs, and things to do that a simple morning with simple pleasures is just the thing to set you straight? To make you smile? To allow you to realize that you're you, … Continue reading I’m so vain I probably think this post is about me…
and then I used the boys bathroom…
You know those moments when you're rushing around? You're wearing high heels and you've been heading up the stairs and down the stairs. From room to room. Drinking coffee. Drinking water. Talking to people you've known for years. Gauging people you've just met. Checking the clock. Drinking coffee. Running into more people. Rushing down the … Continue reading and then I used the boys bathroom…
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