In my home as a kid, an argument was a usual occurrence. Mom, Dad, Sister, myself–we yelled. I always took pride in our open communication. We would speak our mind. We would forget about it. Our arguments were loud. We said mean things and then calmed down and got more articulate and thoughtful. We knew […]
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Home Depot’s marketing campaign with its male narrator–I’ll call him, Harrison–is an entertaining kick in the ass. The campaign unites homeowners to stop the procrastination. You can paint. You can trim the grass and plant perennials. Harrison says, “Start here. Talk to her. Pick up some of that. A few of those. Okay, a lot those. Dirt. Plants. […]
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Once I quit working outside the home, I didn’t have the luxury of my daily stop at the bagel shop to get my carbs and coffee. Packing up a baby in an infant carrier and driving elsewhere to purchase a cup of joe in a paper cup was a terribly inconvenient activity for a new […]
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I took down my holiday decorations this week. On Monday. February 16, 2015. President’s Day. Normally, my take down deadline is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January. I have been so preoccupied with family matters I haven’t noticed the Christmas angel on the bookshelf. Once I put away all the daily stuff–the school papers, […]
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The stench. It was poo. A smell so strong I felt covered in it. But where? We had been accident free for weeks. I was just starting to trust in our German Shepherd puppy’s house training. I searched for a pile of tootsie rolls and instead found dribbles of gooey brown poo on the hallway […]
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abundance in the boondocks 