Last night just before 10 p.m. I decided that, while I was definitely not having a pregnancy craving, I would not mind at all if I could, at that moment, have some potato chips. We don’t ordinarily keep chips in the house because I gorge myself on them if they’re available. But this time I would not eat them all…. Read more →
Yo-Yo Ma rode with us to Wisconsin last week, somehow hooked onto the undercarriage of the Chevy Tahoe we drove to a mini-vacation occasioned by our anniversary (which, since it shares a date with Ransom’s birthday, will probably never again be celebrated). Yes, we have a Chevy Tahoe, no, we didn’t expect to have one, but that’s a long story,… Read more →
Sometimes I feel like I’m Nathaniel’s husband. We had a rough last Friday. Ransom was sick (snuffles, molar coming in, slight fever) and a flood of work happened to arrive around 3 p.m., just when I didn’t feel like doing any before a long weekend. But I did it anyway, so Nathaniel sweetly bustled about making dinner in the meantime…. Read more →
If some government person knew how often we bluffingly threaten beatings and physical violence to each other in our house, I am certain we would both be locked up and Ransom shuffled about in foster homes. As it is, about the severest punishments Ransom gets are some very stern and repeated “No!”s and the occasional butt pat for tantrums. We… Read more →
Ransom has been teething again. At least, we’re calling it that, because he’s been a stinker for several days and we have no other explanation. Tonight, at dinner, Nathaniel sent Ransom a verbal email. To: Ransom From: Dad Re: Your Piehole. Shut it. Love, Dad Image by Hillary Hartley.
A good deal of my job involves opining about education policy. I try to keep my opinions to research I’ve seen, since I don’t feel I’m old enough to go blathering around…yet. I received this email (edited mostly to protect the author and shorten it to the best bits, not to make him sound any better or worse) this very… Read more →
Our idyllic Midwestern life in Fort Wayne has been shattered by two groups of assailants; we have run around in the past week in our efforts to combat them. By “we,” I really mean “Nathaniel,” since it is he who has valiantly sallied forth to Home Depot while I sit around squeaking and wringing my hands in fear. The first… Read more →
I’ve had a little post percolating for a few days but didn’t feel the need to bump on here until I saw the news that President Obama is releasing part of the national oil reserves to…what, boost his re-election prospects? Gas prices have gone down about 50 cents in the past two weeks and supplies from overseas were just loosening,… Read more →
Yesterday, I went out to lunch with a new colleague near Dupont Circle. We went to a Thai/fusion place that served sushi. While ordering, I told him I was a complete sushi neophyte so he should feel free to order appetizers for us both. So he did. And while conferring with the waitress, she asked him something which I did… Read more →
The little husband knew his wife’s stomach had decided against their usual store-bought salsa. So the little husband decided to surprise her. He would make some. He looked up a recipe, chopped tomatoes and onions, and added lemon juice and spices. He stirred it up in a little bowl and! It tasted terrible. The little husband knew his wife was… Read more →
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