I went to sleep last night with a mockingbird singing outside. It’s luxurious, really, to hear birdsong at night when you go to bed, like falling asleep in chair on a summer afternoon, a glass of lemonade sweating beside you.…
Yearly Archives: 2009
Cree-Pee
Woke up at 4 am this morning, as per usual. Not got up, mind you, woke up. Not sure why my body does this, but this stutter-step into the real getup at 6 is no fun. I woke up in…
Le Petit Diabolique Écolier
Chocolate biscuit update! Not content to let me wife badmouth my second most favorite cookie, I did some investigation. Petit Ecolier plain Looks harmless enough. Here’s a closer look at that beautiful kisser. Petit Ecolier face I don’t know whether…
Go Ahead, Make Me Laugh
A few nights ago I was putting Baby Harbat to bed. Here’s the scene: I’m holding her and rocking before I put her in her crib—this is quiet snuggly time and she’s supposed to be winding down to go to…
Obese Tuesday
I am celebrating this day by eating more Rolos than I should. At least they are filled with ooey-gooey caramel so you have to eat them more slowly, which is good. But they are 200% sugar. So that’s bad. I’m…
It’s the Smell
I cut down several trees this weekend, though it wasn’t the axe-swinging cathartic event I’d hoped. The first was a Chinese elm that had sprung up in a row of hedges in front of our house. Beautiful multi-trunked thing and…
Bad Hair Life
At some point in my childhood I decided to Take Charge of my appearance. No more sweaty mud-stained corduroys. I began first with my hair. For the formative years it was a straight (or slightly crooked) bowl cut. Standard…
Bzzz…bzzz…
Zap! That’s the sound of something in my brain short-circuiting when I saw my December electric bill. $540! That’s not a bill, it’s a shiv in the ribs while someone pins your arms and empties your pockets. We just…
Almost-face
Had a dream early this morning, 4:30-ish. I was crouching behind my laundry basket because of a threat of terrorists. I was traveling abroad at the time. I heard them coming, chanting “Nagata nagata” very quickly, like machine-gun fire. I…
Explosions etc.
It’s a mixed bag today. Jujubees, peanuts, and that weird orange dried fruit you always leave until the end. I managed to shatter two baking stones while making bread this weekend. Evidently super-heated iron skillet plus cheap baking stone…
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