Mom Zombie

You cannot have enough, apparently.

June 30th, 2009 | Tags: Wordless Wednesday | Category: EastWest Girls | Comments (3)

Most of my readers are not from Detroit.
They’re from Russia. They’re robots. They leave me long, detailed comments about things like Viagra and practices that are illegal in this country. Their comments often don’t correspond with what I’ve posted, but that’s OK. They love me.
But a few readers are real people and they live in [...]

June 27th, 2009 | Tags: bloggers, blogs, Detroit, get-togethers | Category: The M Files | Comments (5)

I am lucky. I am a survivor.
I was dismissed from jury duty this week.
That is not why I am lucky. That is not what I survived.
I was dismissed because I could not be fair and impartial regarding the case before me and the other potential jurors.
Soon after the clerk herded us sheep into the dark-paneled [...]

June 25th, 2009 | Tags: armed robbery, court, crime, jury duty, life, reactions to crimes | Category: The Real Deal | Comments (3)

I just completed my third round of jury duty. Three times called. Three times dismissed. This time, however, I made it all the way to voir dire and sat in the jury box for the better part of an hour before the judge hit the eject button.
Mixed feelings tore at my insides. Part of me [...]

June 22nd, 2009 | Tags: America, jury duty, life, no one knows how to dress anymore, responsibility | Category: The Real Deal | Comments (3)

Sometimes a girl just needs a day to herself.
A day without yard work or house work or bill paying or  snot wiping or litter box scooping.
Some girls go to the spa.
Some go to the mall.
Some go to a movie with a friend.
What does this girl do? She hops in the car and drives to the [...]

June 20th, 2009 | Tags: art, art camp, family, hiking, life, nature, the outdoors | Category: The Real Deal | Comments (5)

This is a multiple choice quiz:
 
A. This is actually a very tiny plate.
B. There was a broccoli special too good to pass on at the nearby Farmer’s Market.
C. The chef thought the world needed more bloating and intestinal gas.
D. I checked the vegetarian meal option on my response card.

June 17th, 2009 | Tags: food, life, meals, odd food decisions, vegetarianism, Wordless Wednesday | Category: Fuzzy Logic | Comments (4)

Like many of you, I found a childhood friend on Facebook.
We were best pals in grade school, where we both wore our itchy wool plaid uniforms, stiff white blouses and knee socks. The two of us, along with a few others, formed a “Batman” TV show fan club. This involved tying our jacket sleeves just-so [...]

June 15th, 2009 | Tags: Batgirl, Batman, childhood friends, plaid uniforms, private school, reunions, Robin | Category: The M Files | Comments (4)

…I’m easily manipulated by small gestures like bouquets of clover tucked into bud vases.
… I am living in the longest days of the year. Yet somehow I find myself with very few hours to get things like blog posts written and dinner cooked. 
… I have a work project that needs some attention, a 3-year-old who needs [...]

June 12th, 2009 | Tags: family, flowers, gardens, home, life, ovescheduled, pets | Category: The M Files | Comments (1)

As you can see, I wasn’t hired to document this marriage ceremony. But I was invited to witness it and celebrate along with family and friends. Attending a family wedding made me think about how we experience such rites over the course of our lifetime.
The wheels started turning in my mind when Girl from the [...]

June 9th, 2009 | Tags: family, fantasy, life, marriage, rites, rituals, weddings | Category: The Real Deal | Comments (4)