Mediocre posts (by which I mean the particularly mediocre ones) usually begin this way. I begin realizing I haven’t posted for upwards of nine days, I look at the productivity of fellow bloggers, feel blog-guilt and begin writing despite having little to say.
I’m sure most of you are aware that today was Monday. At time [...]

Paul came home last night to be greeted by the panicked flappings of a chilled sparrow which had made itself at home atop our porchlight. Our tiny guest was wedged between the eave and the black metal light, basking in its very own 60 watts of warmth. It left when Paul surprised it on his [...]

The last plan trip is over. We were getting tired of airports. We had “freezing rain” in St. Louis, which I haven’t yet been able to distinguish from sleet, but just as the Eskimos have multiple words for snow, so Midwesterners have a panoply of words for rain. Everyone we met in Missouri congratulated us [...]

With as much work as its been, it seems like I should’ve completed fifty interviews by now, but its only two. Phoenix and Dallas down, six to go. The turbulence on the way home was so nauseating we were both beginning to reason that sometimes plane crashes are a blessing. Also, my sinuses are still [...]