<p>The daughter who starred in this is now 21 and very responsible&#8211;employed and everything&#8211;so I think this 2016 Facebook post reflects her peak &#8220;stoner.&#8221; I can&#8217;t exactly remember but believe she did clean her car that day with “bleach and chemicals”—and thank god for that because how else would she even get cancer?—but it still [&hellip;]</p>

<p>What a dream I had, pressed in organdy, clothed in crinoline of smoky burgundy, softer than the rain, Was what I started singing last night after taking my youngest to the craft store so she could make a card to thank her favorite coffee shop for their ever-present kindness. What a dream I had, sung [&hellip;]</p>

<p>What a dream I had, pressed in organdy, clothed in crinoline of smoky burgundy, softer than the rain, Was what I started singing last night after taking my youngest to the craft store so she could make a card to thank her favorite coffee shop for their ever-present kindness. What a dream I had, sung [&hellip;]</p>

<p>What a dream I had, pressed in organdy, clothed in crinoline of smoky burgundy, softer than the rain, Was what I started singing last night after taking my youngest to the craft store so she could make a card to thank her favorite coffee shop for their ever-present kindness. What a dream I had, sung [&hellip;]</p>

<p>My daughters and I today outside of Liberty Park Emporium after Julia got off early from tending the future (kids) to meet us so they could head to Idaho (James has a military thing) for the night. And right after Julia pulled up, a tabby cat crossed the street to come say hi and Julia [&hellip;]</p>

<p>My daughters and I today outside of Liberty Park Emporium after Julia got off early from tending the future (kids) to meet us so they could head to Idaho (James has a military thing) for the night. And right after Julia pulled up, a tabby cat crossed the street to come say hi and Julia [&hellip;]</p>

<p>My daughters and I today outside of Liberty Park Emporium after Julia got off early from tending the future (kids) to meet us so they could head to Idaho (James has a military thing) for the night. And right after Julia pulled up, a tabby cat crossed the street to come say hi and Julia [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Just sitting in the parking lot of Whole Foods getting dictatorship updates via Twitter—since it’s the first time I’ve ever lived in a dictatorship and I want to be informed—and I had a nip slip while I was trying to get something out of my bra. And the nip slip was more like not really [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Just sitting in the parking lot of Whole Foods getting dictatorship updates via Twitter—since it’s the first time I’ve ever lived in a dictatorship and I want to be informed—and I had a nip slip while I was trying to get something out of my bra. And the nip slip was more like not really [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Just sitting in the parking lot of Whole Foods getting dictatorship updates via Twitter—since it’s the first time I’ve ever lived in a dictatorship and I want to be informed—and I had a nip slip while I was trying to get something out of my bra. And the nip slip was more like not really [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Today, I woke at 5:24 a.m. to meditate. I’ve been meditating for 30 years—when I feel called to do so—and this morning I sat on my bed in the predawn—legs crossed, earplugs in—and made an event out of breathing. The last few weeks of 2019 into 2020 have been wild. Sometimes I think events ignite [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Today, I woke at 5:24 a.m. to meditate. I’ve been meditating for 30 years—when I feel called to do so—and this morning I sat on my bed in the predawn—legs crossed, earplugs in—and made an event out of breathing. The last few weeks of 2019 into 2020 have been wild. Sometimes I think events ignite [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Today, I woke at 5:24 a.m. to meditate. I’ve been meditating for 30 years—when I feel called to do so—and this morning I sat on my bed in the predawn—legs crossed, earplugs in—and made an event out of breathing. The last few weeks of 2019 into 2020 have been wild. Sometimes I think events ignite [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Some pics belie the tenderness behind them. Because when I met introverted Earl&#8211;whose history included the passing of his former owner, the relatives for whom did not find new homes for his cats and Earl was put on the street&#8211;his eyes seemed almost too sad to overcome the emotional hesitation.   And as a pet [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Some pics belie the tenderness behind them. Because when I met introverted Earl&#8211;whose history included the passing of his former owner, the relatives for whom did not find new homes for his cats and Earl was put on the street&#8211;his eyes seemed almost too sad to overcome the emotional hesitation.   And as a pet [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Some pics belie the tenderness behind them. Because when I met introverted Earl&#8211;whose history included the passing of his former owner, the relatives for whom did not find new homes for his cats and Earl was put on the street&#8211;his eyes seemed almost too sad to overcome the emotional hesitation.   And as a pet [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fun Middle Age Online-Dating Fact: When you&#8217;ve hit it off but haven&#8217;t met irl, and he&#8217;s starting to confess via text the three things that might make you bail in order of severity and No. 1 is that he still lives with his ex-wife and No. 2 is that he has genital herpes for the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fun Middle Age Online-Dating Fact: When you&#8217;ve hit it off but haven&#8217;t met irl, and he&#8217;s starting to confess via text the three things that might make you bail in order of severity and No. 1 is that he still lives with his ex-wife and No. 2 is that he has genital herpes for the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fun Middle Age Online-Dating Fact: When you&#8217;ve hit it off but haven&#8217;t met irl, and he&#8217;s starting to confess via text the three things that might make you bail in order of severity and No. 1 is that he still lives with his ex-wife and No. 2 is that he has genital herpes for the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Death by food poisoning was circa 2005. I was still married at that time so to set the scene, it was 11 pm-ish, the kids are asleep, James is downstairs watching TV (or porn or playing video games), and I was lying on my back on the couch in our darkened living room, crying softly [&hellip;]</p>