James Taylor and Carole King make me remember what music is for. I took my mother to see them perform at the Rose Garden last night. When I saw that they were touring I knew we had to go, because how many more opportunities are we going to have to see them sing? [...]
I woke up this morning before my alarm went off sweating and with horrible leg cramps and largely terrified by a very vivid nightmare about an extremely bloody serial killer. Not the best way to start the day. But when I got to the coffeeshop (yes, I haven’t given up coffee yet, but [...]
I originally came up here to post about how boring the census was, and how if I was trying to get demographic information on all my citizens I could come up with some much more interesting questions, but then when I checked my email I found a message from the couple who gave us their [...]
From an email newsletter I’ve signed up for, which tells you every week what your baby is up to. This is the update for week nine:
Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She’s starting to look more [...]
So. I’ve been trying to come up with a clever way to break this story, but the more I think about it, the harder it gets to say anything, so I think I’ll just skip the preamble and get straight to the heart of the matter: I’m pregnant. There is a bun [...]
We just got back from Powell’s, where we heard Ursula LeGuin and a man named Margaret Killjoy talk about anarchism and science fiction. Unfortunately, Ursula LeGuin did not stay to sign books afterwards, because I would have loved to be able to shake her hand, and tell her how much I appreciate her always [...]
We went out to Indian food for my mother’s birthday last night. All six of us. I don’t know what’s stranger, my family all being adults now, with the wealth of new conversation topics and honesties that implies, or the mere fact of how we’ve expanded. It isn’t just me and my [...]
Ryan: How would you respond if the cake attacked you?
Me: What?
Ryan: How would you respond if the cake attacked you?
Me: What cake?
Ryan: How would you respond if the cake attacked you?
Me: What are you talking about?
Ryan: Well, I was thinking of something silly, like if you had a [...]
Every morning, I stop at the same coffee shop and get a mocha (hold the whipped cream) in my green travel mug. When the baristas there are calling out the drink orders, they no longer refer to mine as “medium mocha in a personal mug.” It’s “the Elizabeth Special.” I know that [...]
Things I love about living in a house:
-Fresh air
-Light
-Being able to do the laundry whenever I want
-Not needing to take my keys when I take out the recycling or check the mail
-Privacy (from neighbors and my husband)