It’s a Post about Things! 14 Aug 2013 | 09:57 pm

¶Notable among my several July Goal failures was “Lose five pounds,” and it is not hard to see how I went astray, there. All month, I was uncommonly virtuous and healthful during the day, and methodic...

July Wrap-Up and August Goals: Just as Dull as it Sounds. 9 Aug 2013 | 02:44 am

JULY GOALS 1. Finish Simone’s room SO CLOSE. In fact, “SO CLOSE” could have been July’s theme. I made progress on almost every list item, and finished almost nothing. It seems obvious that if I had ...

There’s No Business Like Show Business! 17 Jul 2013 | 12:34 am

Well! Last week was a busy, goat-filled week! It was a week to remember, a week filled with goats! I am a little overexcited, as you can probably tell. You see, last week was the American Dairy Goat A...

Mostly For My Own Benefit. 4 Jul 2013 | 07:10 am

¶ As of yesterday morning, Twyla could take two-ish unassisted steps. As of yesterday evening, Twyla could walk—as in, while I was in the kitchen cleaning up the dinner dishes, she just walked on in, ...

New Things. 28 Jun 2013 | 01:36 am

¶ Twyla turned one, and there is something a little sad about knowing that I have seen my last days as the mother of an infant. Of course, there is a lot of good ahead: I am excited for the deeply wei...

0,1 (again). 14 Jun 2013 | 07:35 am

Meanwhile. 11 May 2013 | 08:07 am

I was going to post about my business trip, but now it has been so long that it seems silly. Why has it been so long, you ask? Well, as dictated by natural law, the children got ill just as I was leav...

Bacchanull. 9 Apr 2013 | 08:57 pm

¶ I read the first Tana French, In The Woods, on the recommendation of you fine people, and you did not steer me wrong. I more or less lost two days of my life, however, because I was not capable of p...

In Praise of False Industry. 29 Mar 2013 | 02:04 am

Scott was trying to tell me about a book, but he couldn’t remember the title—all he could manage was that it was called “In Praise of [some word LIKE 'whipping,' but NOT 'whipping'].” I went to Amazon...

Month-Appropriate Madness. 23 Mar 2013 | 06:59 am

¶ Satan’s Kernels 2: The Fast and The Furious The week before last, I took Twyla to the pediatrician for what I was certain was an ear infection. As it happens, you can read all about my reasons for t...