Salty observations about life, love, and living abroad
On the first day of Housework my true love gave to me A shower with privacy On the second day of Housework, my true love gave to me 2 peaceful siblings and A shower with privacy On the third day of Housework, my true love gave to me 3 bathrooms clean 2 peaceful siblings and A shower... Continue Reading →
Ah Mother's Day. When we're encouraged to laud the women who taught us how to tie our shoes, eat soup without clinking the spoon against our teeth, and to make beds with the corners tucked in. The woman who examined our research paper possibilities to make sure there was a woman for every man listed.... Continue Reading →
Dating: Reservations at the super-fancy/can't really afford/won't like the food/you'll figure out how to pay the credit card bill later/restaurant; roses; fancy chocolates dusted with things that shouldn't be on chocolate Engaged: Jewelry, (bonus points if it's heart-shaped); Elizabeth Barrett Browning or Khalil Gibran poetry books; flowers, but not roses; thoughtful cards with sappy messages and... Continue Reading →
Need a last-minute gift for that special woman in your life? The one who is raising your kids? I know, I know. There are still loads of shopping days left. But as we're rapidly hurtling toward extra expensive expedited delivery or a dented box of discontinued scent territory, it's time to acknowledge things are getting... Continue Reading →
As a kid, I used to look up into an inky sky and watch fireworks explode over my neighborhood. This was the 70s. There were no town-funded displays, it was the family down the block whose Dad knew a guy who knew a guy. The backyards weren't yet fenced off and the street was one,... Continue Reading →
Some people are really good at gifts, a knack for finding that perfect something. Others love to bake...hundreds of melty snowmen cookies and cute little Santas made from tiny pieces of dried fruit which must be cut with nail scissors they're so small. I have a good friend (you know who you are) who makes... Continue Reading →
My feelings regarding the Christmas season are well-known throughout the land, not to mention well documented in these pages. But this year, I promised to turn over a new leaf. A gilded leaf. A leaf from the pear tree that the partridge is sitting in. A leaf which extended my dining table to seat 12. For... Continue Reading →
Jolly Holly. Holly puts her green and rose-colored glasses on before Halloween rolls around. By mid-November she's decked the halls, the walls, and glitter balled the entire place into a winter wonderland. She is so freaking jolly about donning her gay apparel and rocking around the Christmas tree that sometimes you want to punch her... Continue Reading →
I got back from a weekend with friends to find parts of the American populace worked up into a hazelnut froth over a….coffee cup. That's right. Not guns or abortion or marriage equality. Not Planned Parenthood or Obama's birth certificate or even the U.N.'s secret peacekeeping mission in Texas. A coffee cup. Now, I'm worthy of... Continue Reading →
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