100 times the school bell rang. 97 times we showed up on time. 100 stickers bought at a late shop to CVS. 100 times he counted on his own as he stuck on each sticker in an organized form only known to him. 100 googly-eyed donuts and smiley faces. 100 times I repressed, heated, […]
At our community’s playground last week I sat with a neighbor hearing the ridiculously funny story about her trying to be cool while waiting for her son and accidentally standing in a pile of ants. Screaming “Son of a monkey!” apparently didn’t do her any credit to her social status where she already felt alienated […]
I’m riding down on a bus to San Diego. Where I just drove back from last night. Last year I attended a tech conference in San Diego, held a week after Comic Con, when the city has finally come down from its masked crusader high minus some Game of Thrones signs on light poles. I’d […]
Back when I got my degree, I was a tech-y of sorts. Digital photography was starting to take off, but I couldn’t shake that brilliant gleam of white when the spectrum went a little to bright. I still think film did it best. I’ve been the computer software person in the home for years now, […]
I loaded on the eyeliner Last Friday. Anything I could do to look pulled together for an 11-hour day at school. A day where I refused to drink anything but a morning coffee and water in an effort to detox from the last few weeks of energy drinks to keep me going. In that five […]
