The Cherubim just walked by with a blue nylon basket over his head. This must be a trend, because Tuesday, in the movie theater, I glanced over during Cars 2 to find Justinian wearing the empty popcorn bucket on his head.
Spilling milk sucks, but spilling a cup of water isn’t so bad. By the time you’ve wiped it up, it’s almost like cleaning.
Once again, it is Day Week…the week before school starts when each kid gets their own day. For those unfamiliar with the tradition of Day Week, it started when Orville had to go off to school, so he got a day just with Mommy. (Back then, Mommy was the center of the universe. Now, it’s…
A month or so ago, I was wandering through the maze of mess known only as "downstairs" when I came upon a silvery doll about ten inches long. Picking it up, I quickly discovered two things: one– it had what was supposed to be a metallic mask fused to its face. Two–it was naked. I looked at…
Sometime about a year ago, my son who usually blurts stuff out in class got in the habit of saying “May I speak?” before he spoke. This is a rather nice behavior for school, I guess, but he also does it at home, at church, and at Scouts–which is a bit odd. Just now, he…
When I was a child, one of my favorite things in the world was Misty of Chincoteague and King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry. I did not own a lot of toys. Most of the ones I had were made by my mother. But somehow, I managed to talk my parents into pony figurines of…
Ping-Ping on the beach in the wind last summer We are off to Chincoteague for a week of family games and fun in the sun. Our only week all year long without TV and computers. Here’s to hoping that we have even half as much fun as last year. Juss on a horse…
Orville, in the midst of some sort of game, comes dancing through the room: “Mom, if someone heard demons, would they be crazy?” Me, thinking about it. “Are there actually demons there?” Orville: “Yes.” Me: “Well, they can’t be crazy if they hear something that is actually there, can they?” Orville: “They’d be…in trouble!” Me:…
Finished!!!! Just finished the rough draft of my novel. Woohoo! This is try 13 or 14 of a novel based on events in a roleplaying game first played in 1886-7. So, it has been a LONG time in the works. Ran out of creative ideas right at the very end, so I asked my friend…
After reading Ghost Story, I realized I was missing tension in my final few chapters, so I added another chapter of fight scene. (Really, I am not sure how I thought I could get away without this chapter. ) So, I’m back on the last half chapter. I have three scenes. By shere luck, each…