This is two
BLOG | Smeetchy turns two. It’s hard to believe, hard to accept, hard to comprehend. Back in the summer I know I said that the last ten years have fairly raced by, and that is true, but it ...
Smeetchy at the Movies: SING!
MOVIES | Sing! toddler review. I really didn’t like Sing! I mean, I could have liked it, maybe, if I hadn’t been trying to watch it with a squirmy baby-toddler-creature who had ...
Smeetchy at the Movies: The Secret Life of Pets
MOVIES | The Secret Life of Pets toddler review. Why do small children have such horrific taste? Last month, I had so much hope. My child (now 22 months) had seen her first film, Finding ...
Then and now and then again
BLOG | For the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking about blogging – trying to blog – about the past 10 years. That’s probably why it’s hasn’t really been working. How do ...
Smeetchy at the Movies: Finding Dory
MOVIES | Finding Dory toddler review. Well, it appears I haven’t had enough to do. Or rather, I’ve had way too much to do, so I decided to panic/procrastinate/put my head in the sand ...
How to decorate (for Dead Housekeeping)
FLASH MEMOIR | How to decorate. She never shies from an overblown chintz, an acid green, lattice over leaves on the lanai. Too much, she says, is often just right. “Take a page ...
Review of Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
BOOKS | Review of Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) | David Sedaris | Little Brown. It took me a very long time to get through this book. That’s not a criticism. For a couple of weeks, ...
Scrappy little nobody review
BOOKS | Scrappy little nobody review | Anna Kendrick, Simon and Schuster, 2016. Who the fuck is Anna Kendrick? I’m pushing 40, so when I picked up this book at the thrift store, I had no ...
Clair Huxtable is the best
RETRO TV | Clair Huxtable is the best. She’s the TV mom who taught me the most. Our faves are problematic. I know that, but it’s been a hard pill to swallow. Re-examining my love for ...
Rewatching My So-Called Life (was actually really hard)
MY SO-CALLED MEMORIES | In rewatches begin responsibilities? Maybe. Regardless, rewatching My So-Called Life gutted me. There was just something about My So-Called Life (MSCL). After its premiere ...
August and Everything After (a Counting Crows relisten)
MUSIC & MEMORY | Revisiting “August and Everything After”. I first heard Counting Crows on the radio in the spring of 1994. I was wearing one of my Dad’s oversized burgundy dress ...
In defense of stuff (or KonMari sucks)
LIVING | Confession: I have never – not once – come across a thrift store, yard sale, flea market, or so-called “junk” pile that didn’t contain at least one thing I’ve ...