on friday night ramona brought a flying squirrel inside. chris noticed it hanging out of her mouth as she walked in. we tried to get her to drop it, but she ran in lily's room and it somehow got away, unharmed, and i grabbed ramona and threw her out of the room. the squirrel was adorable but very jumpy and hard to grab. it ran all over my mom's ( Read more... )

i cannot sleep in my room tonight and i am very sad. i guess i could, but there is nothing in there but a ply wood floor, soon to be replaced by a modern "shag" carpet ( Read more... )

mo and mic are my aunt and uncle's golden retrievers and we see them every time we visit our grandparents. mo, the older dog, had a cut behind his ear that mic would not stop licking until it was raw. to prevent them from pulling the bandage off, my grandpa wrapped duct tape around mo's head, which worked for a whole day. then mic pulled the duct ( Read more... )

i had the most annoying dreams all night that included teachers from highschool and some actor from a tv show showing me the description of the their set and then LOTS of pirates who resembled people from my sophomore year of high school who drank all the punch esther made for us and then smashed every single one of my deer glasses. and i started ( Read more... )

wednesday may find me in detroit. until sunday. but that depends on the weather and cats and chris. lily and my mom are going to georgia ( Read more... )

harriet killed a big moth. or at least i thought she did until i took chris out to see it. and thats when i realized that not only was it not dead, but its small wings did not match the size of its body. its bigger than a mouse and somehow furrier with huge blue eyes and feather antenna with tarantula legs body ( Read more... )

my neighbors' grandmother came from guatemala and has been here for a while she brought lots of handwoven stuff and is planning to buy a truck to drive back soon (hers was stolen at gun point). tonight she brought over a some word i cant remember that was made on a backstrap loom that is really awesome and has animals and trees on it, and she ( Read more... )

dear legs,

not only do i miss you (and everyone else), but my mom got me a rice cooker.

love,
maggie.

last night my middle school bully blew a .16 in my front yard while my neighbors and i watched. the police officer asked, "what is the legal limit in michigan ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my last day canvassing doors. kt and i were supposed to go off on our own from 6:30 until 9. around 7:15, kt came and found me wandering past doors contemplating why i thought i could do this, too ashamed to ring anymore doorbells. Apparently she felt the same and we wandered for a bit and ended up in krispy kreme. she went to use the ( Read more... )