Do You Suffer From Shopping Eyes?
It happened suddenly. Unexpectedly. Like waking up on the first dawn of creation. Or after LASIK surgery. Or after tasting that key lime/coconut frozen yogurt […]
Dreaming
Memories I Never Knew I Made
Awwww. I just tucked kid number 2 in bed for the night–well, not so much tucked as nodded in his general direction and murmured, "Dood. […]
Death By Organization
I gotta stop this sleeping in thing. It's killing my summer. At the beginning of June I sat down and outlined every day of the […]
My True Identity Revealed
Listen. I didn't want to say anything before this because I was a little worried about using my blog for self-promotion–I mean you know me. […]
Farewell, on this Memorial Day, to Éire
Dear Ireland: This Memorial Day, I would like to remember a few things about you. One, that my ancestors came from an incredibly hard-working nation […]
Ireland: Dancing in Dublin (and stuff)
Me arriving in Dublin. Bruce arrived too, but he was behind the camera. Note the Irish lass freezing in the wind beyond me. We commiserated. […]
Coming Soon: Castles, Sheep, Music, and Moss
Irish knight, with pike and World War II helmet. Chick in a yellow sweater. Please don't ask why. Because I'm going to tell you all […]
Serial Dreams, Rerun Dreams, and The Meaning of It All.
Sigmund Freud, in his book The Interpretation of Dreams, said that dreams are "…disguised fulfillment of repressed wishes." Dudes. I am so messed […]
My Husband Totally Turned Into a Werewolf
You think I'm making this up? Listen. I don't do that. When my husband was in graduate school in Indiana (A place of great […]