A Natural Scientist

An unfortunate encounter with a new-faculty-spouse-in-town reminded me that   I have a reflexive revulsion for persons too stupid or irrespo...

It turns out that when you round up half the parents (mostly mothers, but the occasional father) of preschool-aged children in a very small ...

A couple weeks ago, someone on the main road trimmed their bamboo.  I sat my children down on their lawn, gave them each a pole to 'fish...

Last week, I took Tatoe for his regularly scheduled Library Toddler Storytime.  I brought along my knitting, as I usually do, because toddle...

I have no idea why this suddenly popped into my head, but there you have it. December 1999 A group of college friends has been giving gi...

Somehow, now that my child-swap/ Tatoe napping while Bug is at school are no longer in effect, I find myself unable to focus.  I wonder why...

1) Bug's feelings, as far as I can tell, break down into two categories: a) Get me away from my little brother and b) dude, where are al...

A few years ago I asked about Truly Horrible Things that, I suspected, had happened.   And yes, this someone had lived Truly Horrible and al...

I still keep in touch with a couple friends from high school, including my slowly-cooling relationship with C, who you may remember .  C is ...

Remember C of food stamps and spousal PhD on Lost Atlantis? Anyhow. I was talking to C. And her spouse, who has screaming-heebie-jeebie p...