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Monthly Archives: August 2010

the geek life

camping in review

Shouldn’t there be a picture of a tent or something? Probably. But you know what? We discovered that we hate tents. Okay, that’s too strong. We hate the feeling in our bodies, particularly our necks, okay, particularly my neck after sleeping in a tent. Maybe it was the bottle of wine. And this way, I [...]

our glorious yield

Okay, that’s a lie. It’s someone else’s glorious yield. But it was our idea to hold the tomatoes up to be photographed. That’s just a few steps away from being the gardeners, I think. Do you agree?

i’d rather sell art than sue my chiropractor

…probably one of the best titles I’ve ever typed…if only it was mine. That little bit of genius belongs to my friend Sharon, who has just put together a great new site, inspired by her art and— (I’m writing this while house-sitting. And up to now the cat, Minny (boy or girl, who can know [...]

with her back against a wall…

This picture is to inspire our next show which is to be written before September 8th. That’s a deadline, folks. I hear deadlines are good things. But I’m not so sure I like the feeling in the pit of my stomach. I think it’s called panic. Wait, let me check. Yep, panic.

parenting 101: you come here to learn, right?

My little Elsie all tears this morning. Every little thing setting her off. And me trying with all my might to be patient even as she refuses to comply. For example, adorning the little girl’s body in one of her many pretty dresses, purchased for…many a pretty penny in a fantasy time when the mother [...]

vran and gertie meet God