Green is good, right?
My daughter’s school is a Green School because it recycles and uses energy-efficient lightbulbs. My community is green because it collects our yard waste and gives it back to us as compost.
I am green. It’s not so good.
I’m a pot threatening to boil over with jealousy.
Jealous of my always-thin friends with their frequent [...]
It’s an ash-colored morning, typical of late February in Michigan. I’m steering my car down the Interstate, dodging potholes and icy patches, heading into downtown Detroit. I’m on my way to a training session to be a literacy tutor. I should feel excited, inspired and enthusiastic. Instead, my soul is as dirt-flecked as the roadside [...]
Brenda at MummyTime always makes me laugh. Although we’ve never met (she lives in Australia, for Pete’s sake!) I have the feeling she’d be the life of the party. I imagine she has a big personality. I’m guessing she has one of those loud, infectious laughs that invites you to join in, even if you [...]
“Why are you wearing those sandals?”
“Because they are so beautiful.”
“But they don’t fit.”
“But I want them.”
Do you want things, wear things, even if they don’t fit, just because they are so beautiful?
My Girl from the East, who is four, is sitting on the floor trying to stuff her size 8 toddler feet into size 6 [...]
I’m wondering:
Is there a connection between my junk-food addiction …
and the fact that not one pair of pants in my closet fits properly? Is my muffin top a result of excessive muffin consumption?
This lack of pants, it’s bothering me. So, I jumped on board with the Catholics yesterday and declared my digestive system a No [...]
Last night we dumped out the contents of a pale pink paper bag that came home from school with our girl from the East. Onto the rug spilled squares and rectangles and heart-shaped greetings. Some were store-bought. Some were home-made. Mixed in were heart-shaped lollipops, foil wrapped chocolates and one homemade heart-shaped sugar cookie coated [...]
Too little, too late.
Or, I did all I could and it wasn’t enough.
Or, this is life sometimes.
Take your pick. My head is spinning with these three phrases, deciding which one to apply to my Saturday morning. Here’s how it went: A friend and former co-worker arrives at my house so that we can carpool to [...]
I’ve reduced myself to begging. When I read that Bossy was planning another cross-country odyssey to promote the book she didn’t write and meet other non-published bloggers to exchange autographs and rinse their mouths with high-quality vodka and micro-brewery beer, I had to find a way to lure her to Detroit. Good news: She’s been [...]
One of my friends is dying.
I think.
Doesn’t that sound odd?
I don’t know what is going on for certain. I rely upon e-mail and Facebook updates. My friend is a former co-worker, someone with whom I’ve worked off and on over the course of two decades. We kept in touch after I left my job. Until [...]
Is today a free day for you? No work? No school?
Take a moment today to consider the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I attended a service yesterday and heard a few excerpts of King’s speeches. I have to admit, aside from the “I Have a Dream” speech, I’ve not taken the time to listen [...]
