Prairie Garden

This evening, as we were sitting down to a nice meal of rice with broccoli and cheese, Starbeans pointed to the counter and said, "Wa-o...

When chopping onions within arm's length of a toddler who is "helping" you, don't let them touch the onions, even if they ...

There is nothing more absurd, to give an example that is only apparently trivial, than the millions who wish to live in luxury and idleness ...

But he was all over me for milky every time she had her bottle.

Think of me, if you will. Tomorrow I will be caring for a 7 month old, my sweet toddler, and trying to be quiet for a husband who just start...

A particular smell can oftentimes bring me back to a certain time (or era) of my life. It serves as a vehicle that brings me into memory, ac...

Starbeans calls Gumby, "Dah-dee!" (always with the exclamation point).

Every once in awhile, I take myself on a little Guilt Trip down Memory Lane. I gave birth to Starbeans on the Nurse-Midwife unit at HCMC in...

I don't have anything cohesive to say, so this post will be stream of consciousness... Today, Starbeans saw one of the cats on the count...

I've got 6 library books waiting for me... No blogging tonight!

While lying in bed in the wee morning hours last night, I started thinking about how my maternal grandmother gave all her grandchildren flas...

This weekend I read through many of the letters I wrote to Squeeze over the 4 years we were dating (ages 19-22). I wasn't as much of a d...

meme (mēm) n. A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from o...

Does anyone ever have people leaving comments that are in no way related to the post? Check this out. I don't get it. There I was, wall...

It has snowed for most of the day today, but it has been the airy kind of snow - not much body, swirling down lightly, barely accumulating. ...

Remember my encounter with laughing gas at the beginning of the month? Well: it wasn't worth it. We just got a bill for 80 dollars beca...

I had an epiphany yesterday morning at work, while I was waiting for my baked potato(es) to heat up in the microwave. The talk show, Tyra, w...