Guess what everyone! I had a baby! Look, I even made a birth announcement! Okay, that was 10 years ago, but it's never too late to announce it, right? Right? Oh, yeah. It kind of is. In fact, by the tenth year, they just call that a birthday party invitation. Still, I had … [Read more...]
Summertime at Dodger Stadium
There's so much more to Dodger Stadium than baseball. On our latest trip, for the June 25 game against the Colorado Rockies which turned into the "longest nine-inning game in the history of Dodger Stadium," we took some time to enjoy the sights, explore a little, and stay even … [Read more...]
Fifteen
I met Stewart in 1997. We waited five years to get married. There was a lot of life and getting to know each other in those five years. It took five more years to make this family. And here we are today. (Well, in March of this year.) Someone pressed fast-forward. I … [Read more...]
Dead Girl
Writing prompt from my last writers' group meeting*: Write a poem or story about opposites. You have ten minutes. I've got this dead girl who follows me around. I keep her inside me like a secret, and she doesn't like that. Sometimes she swells up like when you smack your … [Read more...]
We Are the Rain King
I've been listening to "vintage" music on my iPod lately and "Rain King" by Counting Crows came on and I've always loved it. I listened hard to the lyrics maybe for the first time. When I think of heaven Deliver me in a black-winged bird I think of flying down into a sea of … [Read more...]
Mother’s Day Hike: Nicholas Flat
A trail in the forest: my favorite thing to see Mother's Day. Every year for several years now the only thing I want to do on holidays is hike with my family. Without any whining. It seemed like it would happen on Mother's Day this year—I gave the boys plenty of warning, and it … [Read more...]