This Wonderful Life: I can say No, but I prefer Yes
If popular culture is any
indication, it seems women
suffer from an epidemic inability
to refuse additional
responsibilities. Magazines,
self-help books and therapists
nationwide offer heaps
of advice on how to assert
oneself, draw boundaries
and generally say No when
asked to sign on for those
things for which we have
little time and less interest.
November 25, 2009
This Wonderful Life: I wish someone had told me
Disclaimer: Because my
son more or less demanded
that I stop using him and
his life as material for my
column back when he was
12 or 13, I want to make it
perfectly clear to all my
readers (and any legal professionals
who are now retained
or may be retained
at some future time by
aforementioned son) that
this column is not about
him. It’s about me. The fact
that he happened to turn
21 on Saturday is mere coincidence.
So help me God.
November 19, 2009
This Wonderful Life: A view through bare branches
Every morning, Bee and
I stand at the end of the
driveway waiting for her
bus and we look up into the
branches of the elm tree
that arches over the drive.
November 5, 2009
This Wonderful Life: To Posey on her fourth
So here we are, on the
other side of 3-years-old,
and it seems we both survived
it intact. It wasn’t
easy, but perhaps it made
us both stronger.
This Wonderful Life: Are pork chops really that good?
If it seems unlikely for a
vegetarian (that would be
me) to own a couple of table-
bound pigs, it probably
seems downright absurd
that their names should be
Tender and Delicious.
October 2, 2009
This Wonderful Life: I sssssseeeeeee you there
The first thing you
should know is that I used
to suffer from a snake phobia.
The operative word there
is phobia. It wasn’t just a
matter of disliking snakes.
It wasn’t a fear of being bitten.
It wasn’t a simple reluctance
to touch their impossibly
dry, nimble
bodies.
This Wonderful Life: A harvest that’s good for the soul
Signs of harvest are all
around. The afternoon sun
glows amber over the fields
and the farm stands are
filled to overflowing with
vegetables and fruit. We’re
lucky to live in a place
where we can have such an
immediate connection to
the food we eat.
