Archive for November 2012
What to Eat, Watch, and Give This Year
The tree is up, the outside of the house is decorated, and the holiday cards are in process. Every year, December seems to go by faster and faster — the month hasn’t even started yet and I already can feel the days slipping away. I want to pay attention to every single second this year.…
Read MoreRun Your Own Race
I am, as I may have mentioned a bazillion times before , not the fastest runner. I’m not even the second, third, or fourth fastest. And yet, when I’m out running and I come across another runner heading in the same direction, I get this insane urge to try and keep pace with them, to…
Read MoreThis Post Was Eaten By A Killer Whale
A very bright kid I know likes to share what he calls the “irrelevant statement of the day” every time I see him. I’m stealing the phrase and using it here, because this blog post is a digression. Today I’m not talking about writing or kids — I’m talking about killer whales. Okay, it’s not…
Read MoreWoolly Mammoths
So, today there was no school in our town, since several of the schools are polling locations. Normally, I am happy happy happy to have my children home, but today, I was looking at three deadlines that raised their hairy eyebrows and leered menacingly at me. Not to mention that I am doing a pretend…
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