Nursing Buddha

A year ago, The Man and I went to Oatland Island, we came home and bbq’ed, we had a quiet silly afternoon together. And then I acted on a whim, based on a vibration in the hormonal Force, tempered slightly by the reality that I shouldn’t get my hopes up too high…but then in just [...]

Since Miley Cyrus came and went with her movie this summer, I figured Savannah would be quiet on the film-making front for awhile. But lo and behold, an even bigger deal than Miley Cyrus is here now (if that is even possible?). Check it out: Okay look closer: Now closer still: OH MY GOD IT’S [...]

I have been a passenger. I have been a public transit rider. I have been the borrower and returner of other people’s vehicles. Last week, 32 years old and seven months pregnant, I became a vehicle owner. Yup, there’s a Honda CR-V parked in our drive-way. OH MY SWEET LORD.  My name is on papers saying [...]

Last week I went to see a presentation by Geoffrey Canada from the Harlem Children’s Zone. I’m going to say he’s the best speaker I’ve ever seen in my life. I did some very scientific calculations of awesomeness, and he wins. He’s dynamic, he’s brutally honest, he’s frank about his own successes and failures, he [...]

The Man is in Chicago for a week and I’m several days behind on food pictures updates. Yesterday I took exactly zero pictures total. For shame! And what am I doing to make up for it? Reading my thousands of blogs in Google Reader with Cops on in the background, of course. Because I am [...]

About two years ago (we can’t remember exactly when, we’re bad with dates), I met The Man. From the very start, he struck me as an incredibly kind and good-hearted sort of person, with a playful streak a mile wide. He still strikes me that way. He is quick to smile. He works hard. He [...]

Setting: The Man and I sprawled on the couch, watching The Sound of Music. The Man: That lady only has one eye. Me: What? The Man: That lady, she only has one eye. Me: That’s Sandy Duncan! The Man: What? Who am I thinking of? Me: No, you’re thinking of Sandy Duncan. That’s Julie Andrews. [...]

Setting: Line for self check-out at downtown grocery store. Extremely stylish woman in her mid-fifties stands behind me. She is buying fancy cheese and wine. For her fancy cheese and wine friends to enjoy. In their downtown fancy cheese and wine historic home. I am buying animal crackers and V8. For my imaginary friends, who [...]

Setting: My office. An outpost coworker, visiting my workspace for the first time, takes a moment to survey my desk. Visiting outpost coworker: If I didn’t know this was your desk, I would think it belonged to a gay man. Me staring distractedly at the miniature Judy Garland portrait taped to my monitor: Awwww, thank [...]

Setting: The Man and I curled up in bed, reading our new picks from the library. The Man: Arrrrrgh, I can’t read this book! Me: Why not? What’s wrong? The Man: I accidentally checked-out the large print version. *shows me pages printed with approximately 50 words each in a ginormous typeface* Me: Well, isn’t that [...]