Book Review – The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
I heard about this book on NPR and was intrigued at the fact that the author was charged for “insulting Turkishness” as she described the Diaspora (when people are forced from their native land) and genocide of the Armenians in the early 1900’s. It is a delicate [...]
Check marks and Field Trips
Bug: “Mommy I didn’t have fun on the fieldtrip today.” *makes cute sad face*
Me: “Why honey?”
Bug: “None of my friends got to go.”
Me: “Were none of them at school today?”
Bug: “They were there but they all had three checkmarks by their names.”
Me: “How many did you have?”
Bug: [...]
A few embarrassing moments
This blog is dedicated to the very beautiful and zen Groovy Rita, who doubted her chances of rebounding from a most embarrassing moment. I told her that I could fill a book with my most embarrassing moments. Alas, there is not enough room for a whole book on my [...]
A Sunday Hike
A Sunday Hike
Today was unseasonably warm as has been most of the month of March. We’ve started walking up to the foothills again for hikes instead of walks around the neighborhood. Our home is about an 8 minute walk from these foothills which have an extensive network of biking and hiking trails. The mountain is [...]
Java Falls for the Bait and Switch
Nothing in this world is for free…even lottery tickets have a price, but having that knowledge doesn’t make me completely bullet proof. Just yesterday I proved that I can be a total sucker and what’s more, a GREEDY sucker. I have a system so that whenever I enter an online contest I give a fake [...]
Snowboarding with Bug
Here we are getting ready. Bug is hanging out with our boards while I buy lift passes.
Quick closeup of Bug and Java. Isn’t he the most handsome ever?
My little guy coming down the mountain. Wheeee!!!
Having a quick Dr. Pepper break. I was exhausted, but he talked me into another run.
Lot’s more [...]
I Really Don’t Like You Right Now
I really don’t like you right now…in reference to Buddha, my husband. Yes, I’m mad and I don’t like him at the moment. Which doesn’t mean that I won’t like him again by the end of the night (unlikely) or by tomorrow (more likely). Is it too much to ask in wanting your partner to [...]
Deep Seeded Psychosis
It had been a reoccurring dream throughout my 20’s. By the time I entered my 30’s I decided it was time to exorcise the demon and bring peace to the rage that entered my sleep when my defenses and the draw bridge were down. With several sessions of expensive counseling, the dreams became less of [...]
The Value of a War Veteran
By now most of you have either seen or heard of the appalling conditions that veterans have had to endure at the Walter Reed VA hospital in Virginia. The conditions, though mired, were not nearly as incomprehensible as the road blocks that soldiers have had to navigate to get care. We are already a nation [...]