Category Archives: books

No Baby Yet. But Thanks for Dropping By!

Posted on 4/16/2008 by cheesefairy

This morning I was flipping through the baby name book, “A Treasury of Baby Names” by Alan Benjamin. This is the book where we found Trombone’s name (because Tuba was too common!) so I thought perhaps his sibling’s name might … Continue reading →

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It’s Been Almost 24 Hours

Posted on 4/7/2008 by cheesefairy

And still, all I can think of to write is Anne Murray, Tom Cochrane and The Guy From Triumph Who Isn’t Either of the Cool Guys But Instead Looks Like A Mortgage Broker all have the same haircut. I know … Continue reading →

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Some Things Funny and Other Things Dull

Posted on 3/2/2008 by cheesefairy

Yesterday we went for a walk without mittens for young Master. Quite a few blocks passed with Trombone mentioning, offhand, “Mittens…mittens….mittens…Mamanonna…mittens,” implying that his grandmother never forgets the mittens when she takes him for a walk and really, I could … Continue reading →

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Battles

Posted on 2/26/2008 by cheesefairy

You go for weeks without any pain at all, just minor irritation and then suddenly you wake up hurting. Everything breaks at once. My heart hurts because my friend is suffering loss. My head hurts, just on the right side, … Continue reading →

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You Take the Good. You Take the Bad.

Posted on 11/15/2007 by cheesefairy

Bad: Up until yesterday I was trying to spend quality time on transit with “Neuromancer,” a book by William Gibson that I thought Saint Aardvark recommended to me when in fact he recommended “Virtual Light.” For good reason, as it … Continue reading →

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