Win Lose or Draw
Yesterday the Internet was like a mine field. Seriously. I was called fat. This, I thought was peculiar because I am many things, Internet, but fat is not one of them. I’m not particularly skinny either. Ask Kiala about the time we went to Forever 21 and I couldn’t zip up the size 28 jeans. [...]
My Domestic Bliss
I’m sorry I’ve been ignoring you, Internet. I was doing homey things. Like making Thanksgiving dinner from scratch.
Look at me, Internet. I made a turkey. I made pies too. From scratch but there will be no pictures of those because apparently I’m not all checked out on parbaking pie crust. I swear, I make [...]
Mom Tired
When I was in college, I had a friend whose name was Michael Sean Patrick or Patrick Micheal Sean or Micheal Matthew Paul or something. I can’t remember. He had three first names and that’s all you need to know. Anyway, after a hard night of drinking followed by a lengthy day of classes (SFSU [...]
Do Ya Think I’m Sexy
For the last 24 hours, I’ve been a mouth-breather. You know why? Because I have a cold. It’s the kind of cold where your voice is hoarse and not sexy hoarse, and you need to keep wadded up toilet paper in your pockets for you faucet-nose.
Two nights ago, Steve rolled over to me in bed [...]
I’m Trying to Protect You
Hello Fan Club,
Two days ago, I received an email from an cellular telephone company saying that they would send me, MELISSA LION, a cell phone if I would blog about it and tweet about it. And because I’m a greedy, greedy person, I hit reply and started typing out my answer, which was YES! But, [...]
Back Fence PDX Day!
I totally relate to today’s Back Fence PDX post. It’s by Geoff Kleinman author of On PDX, which is a great Portland blog. The writing is clean and tight and the stories are always news to me — love it!. His story is about not being a holiday person. I am not a holiday person, [...]
The Pantry is Bare
Steve and I have this thing where we go as long as humanly possible without going to the market and we have to eat every last thing in the house and by the last day we’re staring at each other a lot like Bugs Bunny stares at Elmer Fudd (is that even right, I’m not [...]
Some Things on My Mind
1. A good recipe for orange marmalade. I’d like marmalade recipes for blood oranges, grapefruit and Meyer’s lemons. The recipes need to be superb because I love orange marmalade. I like it bitter and I like to smear it on a baguette and put some sharp cheddar on top. I like marmalade out of the [...]
Did We Get Married?
I have no idea what happened last night. I know I saw a bunch of friends, I stood on stage in painful shoes. I gave a speech and yet, I didn’t come home to find oodles of kitchen gear. Odd.
I did come home to a 3 year old with a fever who didn’t sleep at [...]
Nobody. PANIC.
Tonight I’m going to stand in front of 700 people and talk about narrative. For five minutes. I have a wee slide show that will show behind me. The slides move every 15 seconds. DO YOU KNOW HOW FAST 15 SECONDS IS? I wore my 4″ heels yesterday for two hours. Afterward, I felt marvelous.
At [...]
