Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles, Reviews on Jan 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Usually when Seth and Crystal get back from being gone for a couple of days I get a day that I can run far and fast from the house and never go back. Until I’m ready to, anyway. Monday was this day for me and I had a grand day out going here and doing [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles on Jan 28th, 2009 No Comments »
I think the last thing I want to say about growing up is actually the most helpful to me in terms of how to help others grow up without having to leave home.
I grew up in little leaps and bounds, but the time of my life that I remember as my first aware step [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Jan 27th, 2009 2 Comments »
I think I like small stories. I can appreciate stories that are epic or at least big, stories that encompass the rise and fall of nations and civilizations. But only so far as they are made up of small stories. Stories of normal people caught up in abnormal events. People who’s stories are connected with [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles on Jan 26th, 2009 No Comments »
I’ve been thinking some more about growing up and I think I’ve figured out another key distinction between children and adults. A major difference between being a child and being an adult is which side of the protective hedge you’re standing on.
When I was a child I stood behind a line of people who protected [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Jan 26th, 2009 No Comments »
So, Seth and Crystal came home on Saturday. They left Erie at about seven their time and were making really good time. They were making such good time that they stopped in Indianapolis for an early dinner at the Cracker Barrel we usually stop at when we’re traveling there and back again. While they were [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Jan 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Hi, folks. l’m still here and I’m still sane. Well, as sane as I normally am, anyway.
Roxanne Cornman, Crystal’s mom, died on Monday. She went to meet her Maker and I’m very sad to say that meeting was not a pleasant one for Roxanne. We have no reason to think that she yielded even [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles on Jan 16th, 2009 2 Comments »
I’ve been thinking about growing up lately. Specifically, I was pondering the difference between a grown child and an adult. There is something fascinating and ephemeral about that point at which you are no longer a child. You’ve stepped over into something else and new things are expected and required of you. But what is [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Jan 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Yesterday I sat down to do some writing. I’ve kinda gotten out of the groove and I was going to fix that. I picked out what music I was going to listen, I’d opened up a document and I was just about to read over the last story I’d written to get in the right [...]
Posted in Life, Children and Dishes, Raquel on Jan 13th, 2009 2 Comments »
Hey look, I’m not even two weeks late posting about the new year! Considering how much was going on right around New Year’s Day, I wasn’t even planning on posting until the 5th or 6th, so really I’m only a week late. See how organized and productive I’ve managed to be in the new [...]
Posted in Books, Gabrielle, I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles on Jan 12th, 2009 1 Comment »
As I look back on 2008 it seems like a year full of self-discovery. Though, as I look back on 2007 I could say the same thing. Rather than fight the trend I decided to go with it partly because I’m a person and figuring out how people work is fascinating and partly because the [...]