At work last week, I brought in store-bought green frosted cupcakes with plastic shamrock bling rings on top for St. Patrick’s day. I didn’t want anyone to get pinched. Last month I brought in donuts from our famous corner bakery; massive maple bars and crispy apple fritters, tender glazed buttermilk and are-you-kidding-me-coconut. It was a…
Category: The Day Job
Mason Jar Goggles
Latch-key kids have two parents that work in jobs for actual paychecks. These kids come home after a long day at school and let themselves into an empty house. There are no warm cookies and mommy hugs waiting for them. Who helps them with their homework? Who do they call if they hear a spooky…
And I Love You, Random Citizen
She called again today. The voice message was clearly her and although she has never left her name or phone number, she has left very specific opinions of our fine city while perched above it in her car, from the traffic gridlock that happens weekdays around 7:30am. And according to Freeway Cathy as we lovingly…
The Yurt
You know that moment when your mouth opens and the words start pouring out and simultaneously your brain is screaming “Shut it! Hurry!” but it’s too late because the material is just so good that you have – in that very moment – made the unconscious decision to say the startling thing and let it…
Run and Scream
When my creative son worked as a fifth grade summer camp counselor, he invented a game. He was in charge of a dozen thirteen year old boys around the clock and, hard pressed to keep them occupied until the dinner bell, had them play “Run and Scream”. The idea was to line up, take a…
Heigh Ho Heigh Ho
Okay, I’m not gonna lie. I’m half freaking out and half doing the Happy Dance around the living room. You guys, I got a new job. Don’t tell the tater tot. Everyone remain calm. Remember that post I wrote last month? No? Good. Because we don’t want my new employers to read it just yet….
I Need A New Spin
It’s been a long day. I have to admit, I always imagined myself as someone who, after spending her first lifetime wiping dirty bottoms and cooking for an army, would then spend her next lifetime doing ‘bigger’ things out there in the ‘real’ world. You know, the one where they hand you money for all…
