Nicolaus told me the other day, quite out of the blue, that he is not very good at thinking of names. “That’s why I never name any of my creatures and toys and things… because I just am not good at thinking up good names.”
Of course, like a mom, I tried to deny it. “Of [...]
I do this annoying thing where sometimes for no reason I holler “Who’s cute? Raise your hand!”
And both boys raise their hands. If Kevin’s here, he raises his hand too, just to be a smartass.
So tonight I hollered, “Who’s cute! Raise your hand!”
Nicolaus shot his hand up, but Graham refused. “Graham? Who’s cute in here?”
“I’m [...]
The weekend was long and bumpy and artful. Instead of cleaning and doing laundry and dishes and mopping and everything, I spent four hours yesterday working on block prints. Inked and printed them, painted them with watercolor, scanned them. So now I have seven different pieces of cellular weirdness, each with its own vibe.
These will [...]
Have you ever sprayed a big gross bug? It instantly flips over on its back and goes still. Oh thank goodness, that was easy. You go get a paper towel and come back and oh. It’s totally alive again. So you grab the same spray stuff — it worked so well last time — and [...]
I keep looking for a picture of Graham that will explain it. I can’t find it. There are hundreds of pictures of him — this one shows his crazy hair, this one shows his laugh, this one shows him squinting at me like I’m an idiot for standing in front of the sun trying to [...]