Tag: nonconsumer

  • Life in the ’20s

    Life in the ’20s

    Taking a second to plug what I wrote a few years ago, Edith, Emma and Me. From time to time I think about self-publishing it on Amazon, or reworking it as a long essay with a bit of a different focus. I also have thought about writing something fictional based on some of what I…

  • Maybe I’m Not Mad Anymore?

    Maybe I’m Not Mad Anymore?

    I think some of the anger that’s been propelling me along these past couple months has fizzled out. Maybe it’s harder to be angry when the weather is nice and everything’s green. Maybe I just couldn’t stay mad forever. I still think the president is a malevolent moron and I’m worried about the rest of…

  • Summer Spending

    Summer Spending

  • Great Moments in Parenting

    Great Moments in Parenting

    One Evening This Past Week Gemma and I are watching TV and an ad for Universal Studios theme park comes on. “Mom, can we go there? Ya know, since Great Wolf Lodge burnt down and we can’t go there. I think this looks like fun.” Me: remembers that I told her, oh, several months ago,…

  • Basil in the Bedroom

    Basil in the Bedroom

  • Feverfew or Mugwort?

    Feverfew or Mugwort?