Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Maybe you’re wondering what happened to the ants. Well, I think Jesus dropped in and carried them away on a chariot. A miniature ant chariot. He quietly ushered them in, one by one, in his gentle Jesus way. A totaly orderly ant exodus. Thank you, Jesus. It’s possible that he then proceeded to drop them [...]
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Whenever she spots her husband hauling things out of cupboards with a sort of painful determination, she wants to cry. “What are you doing? “Oh, you’ll see when you come out here?” She buries her head in the covers and sighs heavily. But the masochist in her can’t resist. She has to see the damage. [...]
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Okay, I promise this will be my last ‘ants’ post, because I realize the topic is getting old. But I wanted to at least share our new way of thinking about them…it’s NOW…a chess match. They make a move (find a new hole…), we make a move (apply more caulking). They make a move (find [...]
Dear Elsie, Well, my little kitten. It’s time for an update. For starters, the other day I had such bad gas cramps, I thought I must be in labor. The pain was take-my-breath-away bad. Fortunately, it wasn’t a real emergency because it took the midwife four days to call us back. She left a message [...]
Thursday, August 14, 2008
She thinks she might be becoming a bit of a recluse and wonders if it’s a problem. Or not a problem. Strange behavior for an actor though. Maybe. For a few moments the sky is dark. She needs to act fast if she’s going to walk. But no sooner does she think the thought, the [...]
My grandma told me the first word I learned was “more.” Gives me pause. Is it wrong to ask women to stop telling me their birthing horror stories? Gentle Simon told his colleague to ‘Fuck off.’ It’s comforting to know he also has an evil twin. When our air conditioner starts blowing, Simon and I [...]
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Ants are like stalkers. They are constantly lurking, just waiting to surface. Not that I’ve had much experience with stalkers. Though I did have a pervert rollerblader in short shorts show me his balls when I was eleven. I didn’t quite know what I was looking at, but I knew enough to be perturbed. Ants [...]
For the week of June 15-21: What I’m reading: Well I finished Sex, Lies and Videotapes, and then I read Betrayal by Harold Pinter. Now I’m moving on to a systemic reading of Flannery O’Connor’s short stories. I am going to study her for form. Yep, yep. What I’m watching: Hypnobirthing videos. Who wants to [...]
My mother says the ants are a blessing ’cause they keep us doing the dishes. My plant has miraculously come back to life and seems to be thriving. We are having a little girl. The technician called her a ‘drama queen.’
1) Josh and Dee’s dog. It has been barking for many hours now. Not unlike the barking I heard this morning at 6:45 when I was desperate for a few more minutes of sleep. In fact, I think it’s the same gosh-darn barking! I’m thinking I might have to go outside and flip my lid [...]
