So it’s my wedding anniversary, as well as my blog anniversary. Ten years ago I started a blog, and nine years ago I started a marriage, and although many many many particulars of my life have changed in the intervening years, those two things remain constant. I once read a description of marriage by blogger Black…
Category: Like a Horse and Carriage
Slow Improvement
I am sitting up – sitting up! – in a chair by an open window as the autumn breeze blows past the keys and my husband toasts an English muffin and the kids run wild up in their room and the dog rests his chin on his paws. I woke up Saturday fever-free for the…
Late October Weekend
Solid weekend doings around here, solid. A better fall weekend there never was, I would argue. Friday saw me tooling in the hybrid down I-10 solo towards our little pied a terre in New Orleans – I was heading towards the city I hate to love for my annual running of the Jazz Half Marathon. …
Happy, Busy
I billed 11 hours today, and after I’ve finished writing this little missive, I will bill a couple more. It is fortunate, then, that I seem to very much like this work I’m doing. The children, tousle-haired and sleepy-eyed, were happily sucking down early morning juice when I left them in their father’s capable hands…
Valentine’s, Updated
I was going to do a survey of Valentine’s days with my Valentine, when I retrieved from the dusty recesses of my brain the memory that I had already done that. (It was on a shared blog I wrote with some college friends, called the Wonder Women, and I miss doing it! I migrated it…