just a big turkey

I’m sending this from a borrowed laptop on a wifi connection. So we’ll see what happens to it. It’s Friday, almost noon. We had a decent turkey day, as turkey days go, although my family still doesn’t quite function on the same “clock” as my kids. For example, we arrived at my folks around noon, […]

Stranger in a strange land

Have you ever felt like a stranger in your own home? Like everything you said, did, and thought, just didn’t quite fit with the program? Like you were in the way, underfoot, constantly? Your sense of humor too dark, your patience too thin, your voice too sharp, your nerves too frazzled? As if you could […]

Disoriented

at 2:30 AM last night, my dogs started howling. This in itself is not that unusual, but the lazy things were inside, on the couch, when they did it. Normally they run outside so their howls can be heard by every dog within three miles of the house. Must’ve been an ambulance out on the […]