The Dragon in My Blood

on April 6, 2009

Madeleine Urban (bless her!) posted a most awesome poem about writing on reviewsbyjessewave.blogspot.com and although she claimed it was ‘SOOOO EMO’ me likey so much I had to join in the fun. I mean what the hell– isn’t it National Poetry Month, right? The Dragon in My Blood Bastard child of reading and dreaming and… Read More


Happy Birthday Squishy Belle

on April 5, 2009

She is three. Because we forgot the camera, I shall have to content myself with downloading our most recent picture for the hell of it (which didn’t download–I’ll try again this evening), but you’ve all seen her–she’s stunning at three. (I can say this, because she looks less like me and more like Mate than… Read More


A Life In Stories

on April 3, 2009

Wow–you guys REALLY liked the me-me– thanks for everyone’s response, it was REALLY fun to read other people’s! And now, on my 600th blog post (yup… you read that right…) I have some stories to tell you about stories. Tonight I put together a little ‘traveling birthday party’ for Ladybug to take to day-care. She… Read More


Me-me synesthesia

on April 1, 2009

Okay– we haven’t had a good me-me circulate in AGES. As I was walking tonight, I started to think up a good, short, goofy me-me, and it turned out to be an AWESOME exercise in making me see what was best about my day–I’ll try to share the coolness as I show you the me-me…. Read More