There are railroad tracks about a mile down the street from my house. I go by them almost everyday. Between the two tracks are old electrical poles and on top of those are rows of old glass insulators. They are beautiful, green and clear and blue. Every 30 yards are so there's a pole with two rows of insulators and sometimes I drive down the ( Read more... )

Well awhile back I was all obsessed with grandiose cultural theories. Last week on the today show there was a man who was basically saying that the US is experiencing our version of the victorian period which was a whole kick I was on about six months ago. It was vindication. Also yesterday I read this article which says that two Ohio churches ( Read more... )

Rob comes home today...yay! He's been gone since Saturday. He and an ex-coworker got press passes to the Detroit Auto Show. Rob's in car heaven. But I have missed him and am pretty damn exhausted from being the only parent for the last few days. I always have a renewed respect for single parents after these weekends. It's so hard when you don ( Read more... )

( Yes, it's true, so here is my list of 100 things about me...ack I feel so self indulgent. But it's so fun. )

Happy New Year! Thats about it...it was a night of revelations. That's not always a good thing.

Okay I adore Jake Gyllenhaal...yes I even watched Bubble Boy because of him and I liked it thank you very much. I can't wait for Brokeback to come here. Brian and I have been anxiously awaiting it's arrival for a year now. Anyway, I've never been a big Annie Proulx fan but here is her short story "Brokeback Mountain" from the New Yorker archives ( Read more... )

I realized I never posted pics of my house and now that we're faced with the prospect of selling it so soon, I feel the urge to post the pics I took of it right after we moved in.
( House Pics )

Well, Christmas on a budget is going pretty well so far. I found Rob a great faux fur lined coat and a matching drivers cap with ear-flaps at a thrift store yesterday ( along with a great polka dot mini-dress and a pair of gold and red pumps for me). I've titled my idea for Rob's and my parents' gifts, "Operation Family Tree"...cheesy I know but ( Read more... )

This week on All Things Considered. Anne Garrels did this story on honor killings in Iraq. Women are being killed by members of their own family or by friends when they are even suspected of being sexually impure. Women can be taken to the morgue and a special committee will examine her to determine whether or not she is still a virgin. If a ( Read more... )

There is nothing more mom-affirming than cleaning up projectile vomit late at night. Poor little Ren is sick. I get the strangest little pleasure from being the one who takes care of such things. Changing sheets, bringing him water, carrying him to my room, telling him it'll be okay, kissing his hot little forehead...there is nothing better in ( Read more... )