by Dawn | Feb 14, 2015 | gratitude, religion, satire
Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s one of the biggest marketing holidays out there, co-sponsored by the American Diabetes Association and the Roses-Don’t-Grow-in-February people. Still, it breaks up the winter doldrums, even if you don’t have...
by Dawn | Feb 1, 2015 | sports
There seems to be a football game tonight. I live in New England. People are building snow Patriots, commissioning expensive professional “Go Patriots” signs for their businesses, and wearing multiple layers of overpriced football gear. “If we win...
by Dawn | Jul 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
My parents are moving. They retired and bought a house in Florida–it’s where the old people go. They’ve been talking about building an in-law apartment onto my house so they could spend quality time with me until they forget who I am and...
by Dawn | May 29, 2014 | family, food, parenting
The school nurse called. I didn’t pack Declan the right lunch. Declan doesn’t eat, but worse than that there seems to be some suspicion as to whether I feed him. It appears the boy “outgrew sandwiches.” We’ve been making jelly sandwiches...