This post has nothing to do with motherhood, or my Grandmother’s passing. Except that since becoming a mother I’ve had less time and money to eat out fancy, and my Grandmother loved a good white-tablecloth restaurant, so tangentially, it fits.…
Category: just me
confessions
I recently had a terrible cough. Again. Some of you may remember the cough-that-never-ended, earlier this year, with which I suffered for FOUR SOLID MONTHS. Part of what ended it before was going off wheat and dairy. Or the change…
answer: 7.5 hours
Question: How long does it take to drive to Los Angeles from Oakland, when squiring a newly-minted 4-year-old child? Important related question: How long did it used to take? (Answer: 4.5 hours—pretend this was written upside-down because that would make…
what is the last thing you do before bed?
Tonight’s prompt: What is the last thing you do before bed? Which is funny since I’m writing this blog post in bed. But it won’t be the last thing I do. The last thing will be to read some portion…
jonah’s birthday rock(et)s
This kid is cleaning up for his 4th birthday. We actually started before we left town. I picked up a water bottle at Whole Foods with space illustrations on it. (Nevermind that the illustrations are inaccurate: their version of Saturn…
bringing out the camera
The side effect of leaving my computer home? This morning, I got up early and took out my new camera. I started shooting and then quickly remembered that without my laptop, I don’t have access to the photoshop version that…
i left my brain at home
On this trip, I am experimenting. I left my “brain” at home. Meaning, my laptop computer. Now wait, you may say, she’s writing a blog post right now, presumably on a computer. How much of a technology vacation is this…
pre-trip
I feel safe admitting in real time that we are about to leave for a trip because we’ll be having a housesitter. Otherwise, I would worry. Do you worry about these things? By this time, tomorrow night, we will be…