Yesterday I was talking to my therapist and relaxing in a swing and he said I seemed calm. I was calm, in a way. I had more or less resolved to homeschool, because homeschool is the only scenario in which I'm in complete control and...
I've been thinking about change. Tim Havens from Falls Farm and Garden said once at SUNY Adirondack's Microenterprise Assistance Program (which is now called Startup ADK), "The first rule of business is: Stay In Business." And then you realize — in order to stay in business, you...
In a LiveJournal entry dated August 21, 2001, I made a list titled “What I Want.” (LiveJournal was the premier blogging website, back before blogging had a name.) I was living in Rutland, Vermont, at the time. Among bullet points like “Making art,” “A cell phone...
This was the story I made up for the kids tonight. It starts the same as they always do. I cried a lot during this one. -- Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Henry and his little brother's name was Danny and his...
Note — Sometimes I just write about poop way too much. Sorry. -- My friend Meredith said, "that's called a hippie fight,” when I told her that Cory and I couldn’t agree on what to do with the first Saturday morning we’ve had free in who knows...
I can close my eyes and know I'm almost home by the angle of my body in the car and the degree of the turn. That motion, that particular sequence winding downhill to the house my father built and my mother designed, is so deeply...
It all started when Danny stepped in poop. "I told him to do it," said Henry. "I said, go ahead, get in trouble." I was trying to clear the table after dinner and put food away and do dishes and make lunches, all while holding baby Ellie...