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Death Cab For Cutie
(A wee poem for a Monday – because every day is better with bacon.) Driving to Mecca, my piggy and me, Two lost souls searching for sanctity. He in the backseat and I in the front, I’m humming showtunes, but … Continue reading
His Version of The Events – or – How the Garden Came to be Completely Destroyed
Chester’s Lawn and Garden Service Saint Paul, MN. I work for food. Only food. Lots of food. Menu of Services: 1) Fertilization: I utilize only the freshest organic nitrogen-rich fertilizer, administered warm to avoid temperature shock for the poor plants. Occasionally … Continue reading
Parenting in the Technology Tsunami: Doing the best we can to keep on swimming
I read a piece in the Washington Post this week: “Parenting as a Gen Xer: We’re the first generation of parents in the age of iEverything.” Frankly I’m perturbed, always a tenuous platform from which to write. I, too, am … Continue reading
Lost in the Words – or – This is Why My Desk Looks Like Kandinsky’s COMPOSITION VII
I love the Oberlin College alumni magazine. I love the artwork, the articles, reminiscing about places I walked and people I knew. I read the class notes and giggle that some (crazy) folks in my year still feel young enough … Continue reading
Fellowship of the Ring: The Outlander Wedding
During the ’90s I made several trips to Phoenix. I can’t recommend this city to anyone with a propensity for lung disease. To land at the airport, one must fly through a smog pancake. Oxygen mask, indeed. Jess and I … Continue reading
Culinary Misadventures -or- Oops! I Made Jelly!
I love the idea of eating off the land. Romantic self sufficiency. “Putting up” fresh produce by canning and freezing. But canning, really. You never know when the power will go out. Solar panels would take care of it. Yeah, … Continue reading
What Then Must We Do?
Dear man at the corner with the cardboard sign: You make me uncomfortable. Let me rephrase that. I feel uncomfortable when I pull up next to you in my relatively new Subaru Outback as I drive to our well-appointed home … Continue reading
Labor Day Weekend
You might think it’s been a quiet weekend at the in-laws’ cabin. A loon cries across the lake. September-green leaves whisper high in the treetops. No planes, no cars, no cell phones, no motorboats. Just the whir of the faithful … Continue reading
The Top 10 Reasons I Love the Minnesota State Fair
Sunday night. I just consumed cherries, a Tosca pear, orange sweet pepper, raspberries, and eight ounces of Citrucel in my after-the-fair cleansing ritual. Begone mini donuts! Get thee away deep-deep-deep-fried perch! Still giddy from my Friday Fair success (I went … Continue reading
Parenting: The Easiest Way to Get Arrested
Last week I completed my 45th year on earth. I feel like I’ve hit true mid-life, though statistically speaking I suppose I could be well past. My mom sustained a spinal cord injury in the 1950s that left her with … Continue reading