So, yesterday we… Went to Squish’s soccer game, where they got blown away. She got to play goalie for the second half–and she made some pretty awesome saves. “Hey, Squish! How do you feel about the game?” “Bruised. I feel… bruised. Went out to lunch, where Chicken got us an employee discount and she could… Read More

Otherwise known as Shula-monster, the small brown shadow: Bye sweetheart. You had a good long life out here. I’m sorry that you had to live in the garage–it’s what happens when cats can’t use the cat box in the house though. You were really sweet, just not indoor cat material. I hope that was okay… Read More

So, uh, took the dogs for a walk today. Yes, it had rained a lot the day before, but still. I mean, what on earth could go wrong? I mean, I knew one part of the path would be flooded–but I’ve got that mastered, right? I walk on the side of the path for part… Read More

Yayayayayayayayayay!!! So, welcome to the first Kermit Flail of the year! It’s a little bit small, and that’s my fault–I was thin on social media over the last few weeks for family reasons, but I’m SO pleased about the people who submitted! Alix Bekins and Connie Bailey are some of my oldest and best friends… Read More

So, I’ve been going back and forth about how much to share. On the one hand, this blog started out as a document of my kids and life in general and all of those pithy, amused observations that I was frequently making for the people around me that weren’t getting a whole lot of response…. Read More

* In Regret Me Not there’s a part where Hal’s condo had the power turned off and he went in to clean the place up. He comes back a few hours later and Pierce is concerned that his hands feel like ice. An early reader suggested that this was hyperbole because, after all, how cold… Read More

 I’m tired and it’s late, but I’m going to leave you with this. Once, a very long time ago, I took a picture of Mate with his two children. He has four now, and everybody is very old and sophisticated, but still… Long ago it was Mate and two babies. And he’s still pretty amazing,… Read More

First of all, thank you all so very much–Mate was so very moved by your condolences, and so was I. Even though life can really suck sometimes, sometimes people can surprise you in the best ways. I’ve always believed that–thank everybody with their best wishes for making it so. We spent last night at my… Read More

So, last night my older children were going to come get me and take me to the movies–we all wanted to see The Shape of Water, and for some reason the grown kids thought Mom would be the best grownup to see it with. Right when we were gathering things to leave, Mate got a… Read More

An AmyLane Christmas–e-book Bundle or paperback by Amy Lane So, a few thousand years ago (eight!) DSP published their first Amy Lane story– it featured an adorable kitten on the cover and it was called If I Must. And after that? Christmas stories just seemed to be my thing. Now some of the stories– Candy… Read More