Will write for yarn.
My babies are curled into me, in that space between chin and thigh that forms when I lie down. We are a comma, a parenthesis at the end of a very long day. I have yelled and grabbed and stomped and slammed, and the day is not quite over. Now we just have to settle [...]
I have declared Fridays “Fiber Fridays,” and in keeping with that theme I wish to point you in the direction of this lady, who is a master at finding great sweaters to use for all kinds of projects. I am envious of her scavenging abilities, but it seems she lives in a bigger area than [...]
ring…ring…
Me: Hello?
Daughter: There’s a cow in the toaster. Should I, like, not use it?
Me: Can’t you take it out?
Daughter: No (snarkily). It’s like Operation or something!
As a woman becomes a mother, her world takes on different dimensions. Discussions over coffee take on the scale of bedtime routines or breastfeeding problems instead of economics or world affairs. Even those of us who once prided ourselves on being well-informed can slip into something that looks an awful lot like…vacuity.
We don’t stop caring [...]
nother hobby. Yes indeedy, that’s what I have found. Instead of figuring out where to bring my son for the therapy he needs, or addressing the fact that my daughter skipped two classes yesterday, I decided to make nuno felt. Because, you know, nothing says “good mother” like using craftastic sublimation.
But seriously – the whole [...]
Since I’ve been so serious lately, I thought I might take a moment and provide some humor and some self-congratulations. Just when I thought I might be becoming too permissive a parent, I find something like this entry from Passive Agressive Notes, a milk-will-shoot-out-of-your-nose funny blog.
And then I think to myself – hey! At least [...]
I reached the ripe old age of thirty-four before I learned how to properly fold a fitted sheet. Until that time, the effort had mostly consisted of earnest attempts followed by cussing and topped off by balling the sheet up as tightly as possible before shoving it into the appropriate holding area. As I folded [...]
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