Belated Valentines Day Prose from a Linguist

To my dearest Phil, When I say your name my top teeth touch my bottom lip blowing air, vibrating through my comfortably formed labial fricative into the lofty arch of the roof of my mouth as I part my lips and open my mouth. Then I stop the sound of your name with my tongue […]

What Does a Tangle in Time Feel Like?

What is a tangle in time? It is being, but wanting to be more, it is loving, but also still unsure, it is like a time before and also a little like the time after, and even more. It is also those moments when you finally feel untangled, or when an epiphany breaks through all […]

Today a Tree Taught me Who I am

I’ve been searching and searching my whole life and am just now coming close to getting a handle on myself. My talents, my superpower, how I process and make connections, has been nebulous. I needed more data. I’m a late bloomer. Today’s success is a culmination of small epiphany’s over time. A major recent breakthrough […]

comforting times

fried okra, homemade mac and cheese, sounds of children playing outside, watermelon, trust, love, breeze from the ceiling fan blowing on my little boys skin as they drift off to sleep. these are some of the most comforting things. breakfast with my husband near an open window, hearing the cicada singing, birds chirping, warm air blowing […]

What I want from an Apple product

Well, now that we’ve seen what Apple can do without Steve Jobs I think it is time to tailor our expectations for Apple. A bit about me, I am an Apple user. I used to be a PC user, but found Microsoft to be wonky, janky, and a bit limiting because I am a creative person. […]

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How to Survive Feeding Your Twins

Being a first-time parent to twins is an extraordinary experience. I never run out of baby cuteness because I’ve got four chunky thighs to pinch, four cherub cheeks to kiss, and four little dimpled hands to hold. If that isn’t enough watching them comfort each other by holding hands is enough to make […]

Something is Different

Last night I had a dream of a cliff that was different than all of the other dreams I’ve had. Usually when I dream of a cliff I am perilously close to falling off. Sometimes I do fall and I feel the terror of falling. But last night I had a parachute to keep me […]

The Mother-In-Law

This post has been lingering in me for about a month. It took awhile for me to realize it for what it was, but now I do, and here it is. My mother-in-law is visiting. Actually my husband’s parents are visiting, but his dad is such a non-issue, I only notice my mother-in-law. She was […]

puppy potty-training

We recently got the cutest puppy. He is now five months old. We got him at 2.5 months = 10 weeks. As the good parents we are, we have properly introduced him to our other dog and now they love each other, play all the time and George has even learned valuable lessons from C.J.–like […]