Don’t know what possessed us, but we told Joey he could invite three friends over for a slumber party. Here they are. Joey’s on the far left. Can you tell what they’re eating? No? Here’s a close up: It’s a disposable diaper with a Snickers bar melted into it. Oh, to be nine years old!
Monthly Archives: May 2005
Book club, and a dirty little secret
Last night I finished this month’s book club selection, Loitering with Intent, by Muriel Spark. I feel like I shouldn’t say anything about it yet because our meeting is still a week and a half away. However, I found it very entertaining and charming (I mean this in the best possible way). I’m mentioning it [...]
Little Bookworm
Guusje’s post about her daughters graduating from college had me so teary that I couldn’t even leave a comment. “Motherhood is never really over,” Guusje said, “but I can definitely close the volume one. I wonder how volume two will read?” It moved me so much because my own little daughter, age 6, is just [...]
What if meme
Rhodent tagged me. Here goes: The general rules are as follows: from the list of occupations below, select five (5), and write a post on your blog, on how you would perform each, if they were your job. When you are done, add a couple of occupations to the bottom, and ambush five other fellow bloggers [...]
Two more cool dudes
Well, first of all, before I get off the topic of saints, I should mention that yesterday, May 19, was the Feast Day of my favorite one: St. Dunstan. I learned about him from my literary hero Robertson Davies, who writes about St. Dunstan in the Deptford trilogy. Which you should all go out and [...]
A prayer to Saint Jude
Well, okay, I didn’t actually pray to Saint Jude (I’m Jewish). But if I could have, I would have. For those of you who — like me — aren’t Catholic, and — unlike me — aren’t slightly obsessed with Catholic saints, Saint Jude is the patron saint of lost things. Mainly lost causes, but I bet [...]
My inner librarian
Yeah, I’ve always been obsessed with libraries and librarians. I actually went to library school, but only got about halfway through. I took time off when Lena was born, and never went back. It was a tough commute, and the classes were so tedious. Not like law school (which I did finish), where I was [...]