Part of our lengthy to-do list yesterday was picking out a Christmas tree. As we walked around the lot, we found ourselves coming back to this one tree in particular. It had a great shape, a straight trunk, and good coverage (no gaping holes). Before we gave ourselves a chance to think twice about it, [...]
A stranger touched my belly last week. Someone whose name I don’t know (okay, she was a waitress where we were having lunch, but still), and whose hand was completely uninvited, touched my belly. I’d heard of this happening, of course. There’s apparently something about a pregnant woman’s belly that makes people lose all sense [...]
Sunday morning I was in the middle of yoga. Deep inside, inner peace, all that jazz. And, somewhere behind me, I heard our fat orange jerk of a cat, Amos, go padding into my office. I didn’t think much of it because, well, deep inside and inner peace and all that. But once I was [...]