plumbing the depths of my abilities My kids have a bathroom that they share, creating the opportunity for drains to be clogged by stickers, brace elastics, one of those little plastic ducks I find everywhere, and other assorted plagues. It makes perfect sense that the sink would give up its draining abilities.…
the vet sent us a celebratory email Let’s chat, albeit one-sided since this is just me writing but you can respond in the comments or by email, if you want. The most important thing is that you have a gigantic iced coffee, like the one I have on my desk…
“And you’re aware that the injection will raise your blood sugars” … hah ha hahaahhaahha “The x-ray doesn’t show frozen shoulder, but it does help rule out things like arthritis, so from what we can see, your shoulder looks good,” the clinician said, turning from the x-ray to me. “Now…
Keeping the ol’ toothies clean I saw it on a commercial back in the day and immediately wanted one. The red fire hydrant sprinkler, it’s stout cylindrical body and yellow top standing at attention until you turned the hose on, and then all bets were frigging off because the water would come out…
My drinking sort of petered out. During hot COVID, I stopped drinking. The world was lurching out of orbit and I took the reins on anything and everything I could. So while lots of my friends and colleagues were enjoying a glass of wine, or leaning on it to dull…
A friend picked up painting canvases from a local paint store and dropped them to our house. We didn’t get close to one another, and the interaction was awkwardly distanced as we waltzed around her car. “Let’s have the kids get together on Facetime tomorrow. They can paint together, and…
