Last night a strange thing happened. It was a rainy night, dark and stormy and unusually warm for this time of year. Although it was a Friday night, I went to bed early as I had to work in the morning. having just turned off the light and already half asleep, J pounds up theContinue reading “It was a dark and stormy night…”
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Quotes of the day #4
The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. – George OrwellSomeone should really tell this to Mr. Bush… Although I am pretty sure he has no desire to end it- way too lucrative, the pillaging of other people’s countries… Health food makes me sick. – Calvin TrillinI second that emotion. My sisterContinue reading “Quotes of the day #4”
I wanna be like Patti Smith when I grow up
I went to see the famous, the iconoclastic, the self-depracatingly funny Patti Smith the other night. And I want to be like her when I am sixty, thank you very much. Not the famous rock star part (I would have to quickly change careers right now, not to mention learn to play an instrument decently-Continue reading “I wanna be like Patti Smith when I grow up”
That’s my mom
It is 7:40 in the morning and as usual we are rushing to get to school. Yet today, there is an added facet to our morning chaotic dash: my mother is going to New York and taking my sisters’ belongings with her. Pause for BackgroundSince she could say the word, my youngest sibling has alwaysContinue reading “That’s my mom”
KO’d by 8:00 in the morning or How The Day Kicked My Ass
7:59 amA woman in her thirties pauses on the steps of the elementary school, her shoulders, slumped and her head drooping. It is only for a second, but if anyone was watching, they would recognise the posture of defeat. It was not yet 8:00 in the morning and already the day had won. 7:57 amTheContinue reading “KO’d by 8:00 in the morning or How The Day Kicked My Ass”
Public Enemy #1? Incompetence
As I write this, the roofers who just fixed our roof two days ago are in my mother’s kitchen ripping out walls. Why? Because the f^&*&^&*^&$^%#%$#%$#^%#^%$^%$% thing leaks. And not only is it leaking in my mother’s apartment, it is leaking in the two apartments below her which would make sense, since the law ofContinue reading “Public Enemy #1? Incompetence”
I #$%#$%@ meetings
Meetings. Have you ever noticed that school meetings are mostly hours of sitting there going through photocopied sheets of information? Can someone please enlighten me as to the necessity of this tortuous process? WHY? I ask you, WHY? Why can’t we just email our questions like civilised human beings and save ourselves from four hourContinue reading “I #$%#$%@ meetings”
First Day of School-Painless?
The kids started school a week ago and to my eternal shock and consternation it seems to have been quite painless. Perhaps this is because each school year so far has brought some fun surprises. Year #1- Kindergarten: My daughter started her school career not knowing anybody as we had just moved across the country,Continue reading “First Day of School-Painless?”
Quotes of the day 3
A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. – Thomas MannAgain, one of those quotes that hits me in the face with its truthfulness. It is hard to write. I liken it to pulling teeth except in the case of writing, the pain never goes away.Continue reading “Quotes of the day 3”
They’re home!
On Tuesday evening, if you had been on our street, you would have seen a woman dressed in jeans jumping up and down and waving at a rental car as it tried to park. A second later, you would have seen that same woman literally wrapped around with children. My kids are home folks, andContinue reading “They’re home!”
Lina Branter 