Oh good, they're sick

Unknown8:39 PM3 Comment

Yesterday, the screaming. Oy. It began in the morning and you can fill in the rest. All day long with the fevers, and...

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Dancers, drugs and sharing

Unknown10:58 AM2 Comment

A bevy of dancer-types have descended on us from heaven this week. Actually, they technically ascended on us from Texas, but the heaven/Texas...

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Toby is FOUR

Unknown8:48 AM4 Comment

Today is Toby's 4th birthday. 4 years ago, when they put him in my arms, it was like a sharp ridge of light...

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You people

Unknown9:32 PM3 Comment

I know, I know. You deserve a blog. A real, honest to goodness humdinger of an upper of a blog post. But I've...

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Happy Kwanzaa

Unknown10:25 AM0 Comment

Merry Christmas from us!...

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No words

Unknown11:26 AM6 Comment

I don't have much to say today. Today? maybe you're saying. How bout since THURSDAY? Good point. I had stuff to say then...

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I gave birth to my father

Unknown5:06 PM6 Comment

Today I had to ground my 3 year old from Google. He figured out how to type things in there, in an attempt...

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Melissa

Unknown4:25 PM2 Comment

My childhood friend died today. We were part of a group of comrades from kindergarten until about 10th grade, when life changes, with...

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Houston, here we come.

Unknown1:05 PM7 Comment

I've been trying for a while now to write about this abortion supercenter being built in Houston, and I don't have the words....

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Smartypants shocks you

Unknown4:15 PM9 Comment

Anonymous said... Sp, Who is the sappiest Christian Fiction writer?-G It’s a tricky question, dear reader. By “sappy” do you mean gushy, romantic...

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in which inspiration fails me

Unknown3:57 PM7 Comment

Zero fiction today. Here's the deal. I started writing this story, and I loved the first couple of weeks, and then I started...

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Let it snow (with the heater on)

Unknown8:02 PM1 Comment

It snowed last night. I'm almost 2 years into my Kansas City residency now, and I am still all verklempt about snow. I...

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My husband is the boss of me, and he has my permission

Unknown9:39 PM12 Comment

A debate has been raging on one of the message boards I belong to... well, raging is a vast overstatement. It is simmering....

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the wetting of the dishtowel and other apostasies

Unknown3:03 PM9 Comment

And if the dishtowel is made wet, how does it then serve its purpose? For the dishtowel is the drier of the hands,...

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In which I play it cool to avoid incarceration

Unknown2:46 PM2 Comment

A month or two ago, I committed a crime. I drove my van without the proper registration. (see: owing Missouri property taxes and...

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How it went

Unknown3:04 PM8 Comment

Now, I don't know if you've noticed, but traffic is down here on the ol' blog. Most days, I still get about the...

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The tree is in the bag

Unknown4:08 PM3 Comment

When I last left you, 35 seconds ago, I had made glancing reference to a plan to buy a Christmas tree. Now, I...

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