it was international women’s day this week. apparently it’s a paid national holiday in a bunch of countries. hahahahahaha. sigh. i find it hard to feel optimistic about how women’s rights are evolving or even indignant about the ways in which women still aren’t treated fairly, equally, or humanly, in the world today. i tend …
Month: January 2016
i do it with my eyes closed and the same things that feel the greatest also hurt the worst. but i’m sort of a sucker for working through pain. feels worthwhile. and i like that it’s hard but that i’m in total control of how far i push it. and only accountable to me. i …
henry and all the other half pints got rounded up for kindergarten last night. we saw the school, met the teachers and principle, and learned all about their learning models and such. the kindergarten teachers seem to be young and kindly and enthusiastic and, i suspect, sort of insane. you’d have to be to make …
they’re smashing down all the tiny houses around my house and building these giant monstrosities. that’s not a nice word, probably, some call them ‘bigfoots’ for the big footprints they have, on those same tiny lots. it has the effect of the fat-guy-in-a-little-suit, with the front porch spilling over the sidewalk and the backyard….not being. …
i’m sitting here alone in my house, which is a miracle on two points. 1- someone in my family is always talking towards me and this night, two of them are asleep and one of them is visiting friends and talking at that house, i assume, towards someone else. and 2- i like it. i …