Writing Archive

If Last Night Were A Music Label, It Would Be Called Sub Drop Records

Last night’s session was not as long or intense as I had been anticipating, so I honestly believed that I would be fine afterward. We did our usual snuggling on the couch and I thought that was all I needed. How wrong I was. I was feeling peckish and went to make popcorn for us [...]

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Unsorted Thoughts

I’ve been pottering about today. It’s a pottering sort of day. After dropping First off at school I let Second walk all the way to the grocery store, which is something I usually don’t feel we have the time for. Hey, she has short legs and gets distracted by everything – sticks, leaves, planes passing [...]

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Wednesday is I’m-Too-Tired-To-Be-Clever Day

Fasting today really helped me with my focus. It also quite sharply brought to light the amount of truly mindless eatingĀ  I do. This morning First gave her familiar whine of “I don’t like this!” and left some yoghurt and part of a banana unfinished. I almost automatically went to finish it up. It makes [...]

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Sunday Night Special

Dr. Strangelove and I have a little Sunday night ritual. I strip and lie down across his lap. We talk about our week and our goals and all the other sweet stuff we need to talk about. And I get paddled for a good, long time. It’s a nice way to reconnect. It also serves [...]

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