July 19, 2010

Trajectories

Recently, some afternoon when I was wrapped up writing or some evening when I was roasting asparagus for the four hundredth time (hint: it’s easy) my baby turned into a real live boy. The kind of boy who screeches when he’s mad and says what his brother tells him to say and giggles when [...]

July 12, 2010

This Mite Suck

Last Thursday morning, I took Chipmunk to the allergist. I described his symptoms and sat up straight, fired up and ready to demand that they re-test him for the allergies he tested negative for in February of ’09. Before I could finish, the doctor said, “What I would recommend is some thorough skin testing.” [...]

July 10, 2010

Wild Animals, Unfinished Thoughts

Elephants and hippos terrify me. I watched some National Geographic the other night. I sat there immobilized with a huge heated rice bag thing on my shoulder. I contemplated my relatively sedentary lifestyle and how absolutely screwed I would be if faced with a pissed off gigantic mammal. On the other hand, they’re so [...]