Five guilty pleasures 5. Maintaining

Five guilty pleasures 5. Maintaining a secret stash of chocolate. 4. Catalogs for luxury goods you’ll never buy 3. ’80’s music 2. The Fox Sunday night lineup is one of my guilty pleasures, too 1. Blogging a nod to Oblique House

Hoist the yellow flag …of

Hoist the yellow flag …of quarantine, that is. Poor little Hambet is poorly this morning. I called the pediatrician and she suspects a stomach flu that’s going around. If she is right, the next few days sound like they’re going to be really unhappy. I have a good stock laid in of diapers and zinc… Continue reading Hoist the yellow flag …of

Snow day! I think part

Snow day! I think part of the reason the Washington area falls apart when there’s snow is simply because we are grabbing at an excuse to kick off the usual routine. We’ve had enough snow this winter, though, that people seemed to know what to do with the 6-9 inches we got last night. But… Continue reading Snow day! I think part

De bello A friend of

De bello A friend of mind has a brother-in-law who is stationed in the Middle East. I recently spent a long time on the phone with her as she poured out her fears for his safety — “He could return home a vegetable, and for what? What do you think of all this, anyway?” I… Continue reading De bello A friend of

Ars gratia artis My husband

Ars gratia artis My husband just wandered up to the kitchen and told me about tonight’s Law and Order episode: “A vigilante priest kills a notorious drug dealer in the name of God.” He observed that usually they take their stories from the news, but this was the first time he could remember that they… Continue reading Ars gratia artis My husband