(answers below) 1. If you take the waffle iron out of the cupboard on a Saturday morning, open it up and discover an old petrified waffle inside, is it misguided to immediately turn an accusatory eye to the only man who lives in the house? 2. Should an (almost) 40-year-old woman really be expected to…
Scenes from our camping vacation to the Redwoods, also the celebration of our ten-year wedding anniversary. — (As we greet a blackberry bramble enveloped in fog and mislabeled by California State Parks as our campsite) Me: Honey! It’s where I always dreamed we’d awake on our ten-year anniversary! — Chicken Noodle: I am afraid all…
I went to a writing conference over the weekend. The chickens stayed home with Captain Daddy. Mysterious incidents ensued. Each time I braced myself and called home, not one person screamed at me from the other end. No one called me screaming. Not once. In fact, at one point, someone sounding a lot like Captain…
Chicken Little on camping: “Mom, do you think nature is beautiful?” “Yes. I think nature is very beautiful.” “Well, nature is not beautiful to me. Stupid trees.”