Tag: inconvenience
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He Misses No One
He takes walks with his parents daily for exercise and fresh air. Beck, at eighteen months, sees this as an opportunity to greet people. This Denver grand of mine is one of the kindest, most engaging young people I know. When he’s at the park with his parents, he waves at every car that…
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I Wouldn’t Have Done It That Way
Internet’s been out all day. That really messes up my life. A certain cable company that rhymes with Pooverse is down. Again. I had folks asking me several times if I’d received this notification or that email. Not so much. I wouldn’t have done it that way. Ryken, the Happy Wheezer, turned 1. Between hospital…
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There’s Way Worse Than Wet
There was a point in my life where I loved a good rain. I was a puddle-jumping, raindrop-dodging, joyously-drenched kind of a kid. Even when my kids were little, we’d be outside in a storm, jumping in ankle-deep puddles and not caring a flying fig about mud. It was the perfect prelude to a hot…
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When It Rains, We All Get Wet
It poured Thursday afternoon and evening. Lovely weather for those who value green thumbs and ecologically necessary moisture. Me? I’m a sunny kind of a gal. Not that I don’t value what rain does for all of nature. It refreshes. Renews. Replenishes. I love all those “re” words. This storm, though, was accompanied by powerful…