Meanwhile….

there’s something out there that’s happening even as I write, and it’s something really cool and exciting, and I don’t have permission to blab. So I’ll just have to end Friday on a cliffhanger. UPDATE: Steven has the news, so now I can say it too: Davey’s brother or sister is on the way!

Tale of a Friday

Made it to the County Fair with Hambet today. He seemed to enjoy it, at least some of the time. I love fairs but I don’t like crowds and I hate intense heat, which poses a bit of a problem because fairs tend to attract crowds and have this strange pattern of always being held… Continue reading Tale of a Friday

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“Do-Nothing Feminism”

Unlike most media folk, I get a huge kick out of women’s service magazines: Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, etc. … …And it’s remarkable how much entertainment value you get from the Seven Sisters and their cousins for less than three bucks per issue. I usually skip the ubiquitous sex articles, which always strike… Continue reading “Do-Nothing Feminism”

The Purpose of Time is to Prevent Everything from Happening at Once

Suppose your life a folded telescope Durationless, collapsed in just a flash As from your mother’s womb you, bawling, drop Into a nursing home. Suppose you crash Your car, your marriage—toddler laying waste A field of daisies, schoolkid, zit-faced teen With lover zipping up your pants in haste Hearing your parents’ tread downstairs—all one. Einstein… Continue reading The Purpose of Time is to Prevent Everything from Happening at Once

The Spiritual Works of Mercy

Converting sinners Instructing the ignorant Advising the doubtful Comforting the sorrowful Bearing wrongs patiently Forgiving injuries Praying for the living and dead

“Find yourself a cup; the

“Find yourself a cup; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things.” — Saki; used as the banner quote for What’s Brewing, the blog with an adorable URL.