A true Halloween story

(By the way, (and I guess I’m speaking to any of you here in Utah,) is this not the most gorgeous possible Halloween day? Even the sunrise this morning put on a gorgeous show. And, yes, sigh, even after my late-night polemics I was up to see the sunrise. But it was a [...]

A deep, deep breath, and: 3, 2, 1 . . . (my take on Prop 8)

I have often wondered whether I would ever use my blog to write my opinions on political issues.  There are lots of reasons not to, including (but not limited to):
- Opinions are less fun to read or write about than funny kid stories.
-  Writing is very different from a personal conversation — you can’t adapt [...]

If you want to be super-popular with your children,

then always be too tired or busy to take them anywhere, and then take them to a playground.  Make sure this only happens about twice a year, so that they can only barely recall the last time they were at a playground, and the idea of “playground” will have faded into a mythical, wondrous memory.
If [...]

Because I love my brothers too much not to share

The wonderful Cake Wrecks blog linked to a bunch of awful geek cakes at a geek blog called “Great White Snark.”  You can find them here.  Be sure not to miss my favorites, the #1 entry for the Death Star cakes, and the #1 entry for the Darth Vader cakes.  (I do have sympathy for [...]

‘Tis the season

This post over at my cousin Laura’s blog made me think that it’s a good time to link to a couple of pumpkin rocket attempts (from several years ago) at Dean’s blog. You can find them here and here. Do notice that both pages contain little movies that are (for me) the main [...]

Right back at ya, sweetheart

Rose climbs into bed next to me. I’m hoping she’ll go to sleep and I can stay asleep, too, but she’s in a talkative mood.
Rose: “Mom, what day is it?”
Me: “Mmmm . . . Tuesday. We’re going to Aunt Mary’s house tonight to carve pumpkins.”
Rose: “I don’t have a pumpkin.”
Me: [...]

Taking one bite of the elephant: a day’s worth of Oahu photos

I think the reason I haven’t felt like posting about our trip to Hawaii is that we took so many photos, and I’m not good at choosing just a few to share.
(When I said I wasn’t posting about our trip because it was too perfect to share, that was basically a lie. It was [...]

I figured this out when I was about 23

Me: “Mabel, are there any boys or girls in your [third grade] class who have crushes on each other?”
Mabel: “Well, almost all of the girls have a crush on B___. But he’s mischievous and naughty and he gets bad grades.”
Me: “Maybe that’s why they like him.”
Dean: “Lots of girls like [...]

Just lookit me,

actually making actual changes to my banner up there! Seasonal changes, no less!
(When I started this blog, my idea was to change my banner about once a month, but it looks like once a year will be more my speed. Get ready to enjoy the Halloween banner right through the Christmas and Easter [...]

For some reason I seem inclined to blog about anything but my Hawaii trip. I guess it was just too perfect to share.

Also, for some reason I also feel disinclined to do anything but read blogs and post to my own today. Even showering sounds so . . . difficult.
So, this post is about how my sisters and mom and I mind-meld with each other.
There have been many examples over the years, most long-forgotten, but just [...]