Get a job you lazy wench

I have that interview for the job with the big toy manufacturer today, and I’m in a bit of a panic. I must be in a massive panic to have fallen back to sleep this morning instead of getting up to write like I normally do. I dreamed about being back at Big Weekly News [...]

We’re putting down roots

Yesterday afternoon, my new neighbor questioned my spacing in my tomato bed. “Aren’t you planting those a little close?” “I don’t think so.” “Twenty inches.” He said. “Well, I’ve planted them 15” for the past few years and canned over one hundred jars of sauce each year, given away bags and bags of tomatoes, and [...]

New kids on the block

I’m up at 6 am, hoping the kids stay asleep for at least another hour. At this time of day the quiet is familiar, almost as quiet as the old house. Then again, at this time of day at the old house, the neighbor’s under-worked farm dogs are greeting the morning with their full-on yippy [...]

The Phantom Wife meets The Friends

Tuesday afternoon, Lila and I made the trek out to the old house to get another load of detritus and loose cannons with the pickup truck, and to attempt (unsuccessfully) to gather the rest of the felines. The day was hot and humid, and when I pulled in the driveway my heart lurched at the [...]

Thank you summer

for arriving in your full humid, sweaty glory on moving day! I nearly passed out from my own stink. Two trailer loads down, four to go. Man. We have a LOT of shit. Too pooped for coherent thought, missed the boat on a father’s day post, overwhelmed with gratitude that we got this beautiful house [...]

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