From the category archives:
In the days since I last posted here, boy have I slipped back down. It seems like one thing after another. The washing machine broke; we were able to scrounge up the money to buy a used one, and then the dryer broke. Our kids asked when we were going to get a new one [...]
' August 5th, 2009 at 08:40pm 6 comments
A bottle collection under a tree. I like to imagine the person who lives in this house.
Camel Filters I presume?
Danger! All animals in need of a home must come to me. I have a love hate relationship with pet stores. They break my heart, but I always have to stop and look when I pass [...]
' July 8th, 2009 at 02:36am 5 comments
Soon after I started writing here Jane linked to me. We emailed a little bit, and I remember her commending me on a particular entry. Her words came with a warning, however. “You can’t write like that everyday.” I didn’t really understand her words until last night. I have been agonizing over entries here, which [...]
' April 2nd, 2009 at 09:58am 5 comments
The responses to my last post were truly heartwarming and I want to thank you all. I’ll admit that at times like these past few weeks I feel as if I am not going to make it through this. I say this not as a cry for help, or sympathy, but because I want my [...]
' March 13th, 2009 at 01:45am 5 comments
Alex has a few collections that seem a bit strange to me, such as his collection of glass eyes. He has always been fascinated with blindness. In the early years we were together he used to approach the blind people we saw while out and about and ask them if they had been blind since [...]
' February 19th, 2009 at 10:50pm 1 comment