Category Archives: Random Things
NEW HEIGHTS
The other night, on the edge of the closet door in R-boy’s room (which used to be R-girl’s room), we discovered that R-girl is just a hair away from meeting her goal. Or one of her goals, that is: To be as tall as me (or taller), which is somewhere in the vicinity of 5’11″. [...]
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LUMPY
It’s the word a certain daughter in my house may or may not have said to me last night. “I feel lumpy.” I think that sentence was immediately followed by something like, “Ugh.” And a lifeless flop onto the bed. Which is weird. Because I honestly don’t think I’ve ever said that sentence to her. [...]
Also posted in Chuckling, Everyday Things, Noticing, Parenting, Wise Things, Wording Tagged Coincidence?, Feelings, Rhino 2 Comments
MY STAIRS
The stairs leading from our main level to my upstairs “suite” double as book shelves, shoe racks, and a holding ground for things I just don’t know where to put. OK, let’s be honest, things I just haven’t put away yet. Anyway, I finally noticed that headline a few days ago. The irony is not [...]
REDO
Do you ever find yourself clicking command-z or undo or rewind a few times before you realize wait. this is real life. and not your computer? Yeah. Me neither. xo __ P.S. I am guest posting today at my good friend’s amazing blog. Check it out here. __ [photo taken at one of my favorite shops]
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AT THE LAKE
If you don’t live here, you might not realize that Minneapolis becomes a bit of a ghost town every weekend of the summer, when half the population heads to their lakeside getaways on Minnesota’s 10,000 or so pieces of paradise. But nothing compares to this week. This is the Superbowl of cabin going, when not only [...]
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EVERY BODY
Today I’ve been thinking about bodies. How we all have one, but none of us have the same one. And how some bodies can do so much more than others. I spent part of my afternoon sitting on a couch next to a body that five weeks ago was literally under the tire of a [...]
Also posted in Everyday Things, Thinking, Wise Things, Wondering Tagged body, pain, Trampoline 2 Comments
COOL
The heat index is rising up here in the loft office. Which I much, much prefer to the winter alternative, when I’m forced to wear fingerless gloves and scarves and hats and four layers of sweaters for months on end. Except that… I’ve got this somewhat-confused heat-handling system in this crazy self of mine and, [...]
FRESH
Every week of every month of every year of my livelong life, I have waited for it. Watched for it. Longed for it. And every week of every month of every year it has done the same thing over and over. It has arrived. With all the possibility of a shiny new weekend and all the [...]
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THE SILVER LINING