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Some Days I Am Painfully Aware that Motherhood Couldn’t Hope To Change Me As Much As I Feared It Might

I have been alone this week, well, since Tuesday noon. Saint Aardvark flew to cold, cold Ontario for a few days and I have been here, eating like a drunk bachelor but keeping the hours of a 82 year old … Continue reading

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My Cat Has Been Scratching At His Litterbox for 10 Minutes Now. So I Write This. And No, There’s No Medical Problem. He Just Does this. Every Day.

I think it would be better if the cats of the world were not so neurotic if they could have calm hearts like labrador retrievers if they could see that the world exists to please them and that they need … Continue reading

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My Bad Habits: Some Preliminary Thoughts

I referred to someone, a stranger, as a “cockwad” the other day. Sunday. It was Sunday. It was an unpleasant day, for the most part, for many reasons. Though it snowed heartily and I claim to love the snow, I … Continue reading

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The Third – and Final – Post of the Last Day of November

I am knackered. There was a lot of laughing today, in part because I had a second cup of coffee and got a little high and in part because I have to laugh when someone says to me that she … Continue reading

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The Second Post of the Last Day of November

Music Notes: “Boys of Summer” by Don Henley just sounds wrong on the last day of November. But “Summertime” by Janis Joplin or Sarah Vaughn sounds right. Also, this (sorry, flash-haters. I think it’s worth it):

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