An elopement trip should be all perfect. Even if not, you in all your engagement haze might gloss over any minor imperfections.
Or, as I did, have another rum punch.
This is what I learned 7 years ago when my fiance and I took the red-eye flight(s) from Alaska to Belize for several weeks of tropical [...]
They’re baaaaaack! Do we still love Tim? Yes. And Heidi? I guess so, but can we still hate her for those legs? Those LEGS!
I wonder if she’s going to forget to wear pants all season.
Her legs make my legs look like last year’s, freezer-burned pork sausages.
Anyway, not surprisingly, this [...]
noun:
Eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth; greed; avarice.
Curiosity was a form of lust, a wandering cupidity of the eye and the mind.
– John Crowley, “Of Marvels And Monsters”, Washington Post, October 18, 1998
Cupidity ultimately comes from Latin cupiditas, from cupidus, “desirous,” from cupere, “to desire.” It is related to Cupid, the Roman god of [...]
Let’s say, hypothetically speaking, you have a friend. (I know, it may be a stretch for some of you.)
And that friend had a membership to a private (outdoor!) swimming pool at a little nearby country club.
And let’s also say that that friend had invited you and your Kid to the pool a few times, [...]
Some say their prayers as they go to sleep. I say mine as Kid goes to sleep.
“Thank God, she’s finally closed her mouth!”
“Thank God, she’s not moving!”
Sometimes, “Thank you, God, for this amazing, beautiful child…” or words to that effort.
As much to convince myself as to remind myself. So I don’t just rip [...]
Remember those strawberries? I picked a few more yesterday on the island and then made this:
I got the main idea from this blog, and then decided to use a package of cream cheese we had (which always seems like a good idea at the store and then goes bad in the fridge before we [...]
Since one or two of you said “Nice shots, Wendy! You’re the best! I couldn’t make out ANYTHING in those nest shot of yours,” here’s one more picture of those two Swainson’s thrush babies.
No, they haven’t flown the coop nest yet, but I’m guessing tomorrow might be The Day given how they’ve been [...]
