I feel yucky. My nose is stuffed, I cough — twice — every 30 seconds, I can’t hear through the plugging of my ears, there’s a chill that has nothing to do with a draft, my lithesome form drapes lethargically over the sofa like a 19th century Gothic novel heroine, and when I talk I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘books’
Black Friday — Shopping Can Be Fun, Really
November 19th, 2012
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Any of you with teenagers know that you’re frequently unpopular with them for major issues like, say, breathing, and for awhile, our policy of not buying electronics, CDs, DVDs, or digital detritus really affected our poll numbers. “But it’s what I WANT,” they argued. “Don’t you want to buy me a gift that I WANT?” [...]
Writing, Blogging, and Speaking, Intelligently
November 8th, 2012
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I have met people with PhD’s who say things like this: “Her and me went to the movies.” “This gift is for she and I.” While this may peg me as a language snob, I think twice before I listen to a surgeon who says, “This is a situation for I to be concerned about. Trust me.” [...]
“The Least of These” Are Great Indeed
October 3rd, 2012
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Wisdom comes from the strangest places. I have just finished reading my latest novel, The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, which is admittedly a children’s book that the Toddler and I enjoyed before naptime, but there’s more substance to it than in a slew of recent grown-up, top seller fare. Briefly, a happy [...]
“It’s Complicated.”
July 12th, 2012
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I think I need to go back to school for retraining, because I find myself unequipped for the technical and methodological demands of modern life. Specifically, I can’t understand my phone bill. It is six pages long, which as phone bills go is relatively short, but consider that I purchase six uncomplicated services: A basic [...]
New E-book — Life Is a Gift
July 6th, 2012
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Just published with Amazon e-books, Life Is a Gift is a series of 30 short, upbeat essays about life with the Norwegian Artist, the Progeny, and the rotating assortment of animals on the studio farm. Drawn from a compendium of Middle Age Plague essays, Life Is a Gift enables readers to relaxedly enjoy Carolyn Henderson’s [...]
It’s the Little Things That Drive You Nuts
July 5th, 2012
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Yesterday was one of those days when nothing went right, and I wouldn’t have noticed it if it had. The details don’t matter, as I’m sure you have your own version of special days like this: the toilet overflowed, the dog ran out of food, people streamed in and out of the door constantly interrupting [...]
Forgiveness
June 6th, 2012
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A friend and I have developed a coping mechanism for forgiving reprehensible people in our lives who have hurt us. It goes like this: Forget about trying to love these people. The warm fuzzy feelings just aren’t there and we’re in no mood to generate a substitute. We will, however, refrain from actively hating them. [...]
