Why oh why do you think that you must “tell all?” Every little corner of the self revealed? Whether confiding in a significant other or writing in a social media forum, do you know when enough is enough? Would I, personally, present my every thought, my every tale and detail for public or private consumption? […]
Archives for 2009
The Life I Do Not Lead
Come closer. There is a dab of Chanel between my breasts. I have poured myself a drink. I am spread out on top of the bed covers, propped against red pillows in tangled sheets, caught in the turbulence of my sleeplessness, my nightly storm. Outside, the wind howls and releases, limbs bend and then relent, […]
Statements of Self, Drunken Drafts, and Other Threads
It’s been a scattered week. (Is it really only Thursday morning?) After seven blissful hours of sleep, I am more equipped than usual to muse on this and that, and offer a few observations on the self – how, and how much we offer to others – along with thoughts on colorful gloves, drunken drafts, […]
A mouse in the house
There’s a mouse in my house. I’ve been fretting and whimpering about it for days, and he (or she) is growing more audacious with every passing hour. Yes, I was distressed last week as I heard something making noises in what I thought was a vent above the the stove. I imagined a squirrel or […]
I think I can, I think I can…
I feel like the little engine that could! It’s been weeks and weeks of trying to copy my (rather hefty) content over to my new dot com planet – and a HUGE shout out to J for many offers of help and many hours of email hand-holding AND emailing on my behalf that resulted in […]
Something Like Marriage
A marriage. Or something like it.
K and Coffee, Midnight Weary
Kahlua and Coffee, Midnight Weary: Coffee beans and midnight dreary, Fresh the grinds, and moi, so weary, Yet I praise the gods I’m not As I have been, overwrought. This, instead of being teary, Rashly (brashly) eyes go bleary – Now the dark and steamy brew That I never shall eschew Spiked in honor of […]
Are You Superstitious?
When a birthday rolls around, I want a candle and a wish. My kids shake their heads, but I don’t care if it’s a candle in play-doh, a bran muffin, a cupcake, or a piece of fruit. I want to make a wish. Why? Because since my sons were born, my birthday wishes have always […]
Are you a hottie?
Are you a hottie? Come on. Admit it. You’ve got to have at least one feature (or move) that you know drives your lover or spouse wild. Hot, hottie, hot! I happened to turn on Bravo TV’s Chef Academy while doing the dishes one night last week. OH MY HOT FLASHES. What a hottie that […]
Painting Over
Our walls, ourselves, our children.