I don't follow many celebrity trends. I get most of my news about tanorexics, infidelity, children stuck inside of culverts and the bea...

I started moving at 0530 this morning -- dog, garden, ppatch (5 hours), house, friends and all the time my mind was organizing all that need...

As lame as it is, I am going to revamp the blog soon. I need a new banner, new links and a new look. Why do I bother? God knows, but I am go...

someone has to marry the cable guy someone always ends up in the middle seat on the plane the pedicure you skip intersects with your need to...

dear Sun and hot weather, Go away, I'm hot and bothered and I could do with some gloom without having to leave the state. love, nm

I am still reeling over the loss of the Air France flight from Rio to Paris. All those souls and with not a trace. I take flying for granted...

I am in love with a five day old little boy -- I never thought I would be so fiercely in love with a baby. I am not a baby person, per se. ...

Today would have been better if I hadn't even tried to get out of bed. Really. Tomorrow has got to be better or I'm really screwed.

In case you are wondering, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. I have been hurtling my body through the air hither and yon and t...

This afternoon I sat between my parents and grieved the loss of smart, beautiful woman who died much too young and suffered greatly. How h...

Talladegha Nights and a diet coke are all I'm good for tonight. However, circumstances did not allow for such sloth. I managed to do thr...

Hmm. I missed a day. I had three witty and deep things to discuss, but at this late hour I will just say. Crap, I am getting old and my body...

I had a day, a good one, but I am now beyond tired. This cough is getting old and so is the Pepcid AC moments brought on by coughing. At lea...

Knackered, completely and utterly brain dead from the past week. It appears to be no end in sight. Off to immerse myself in the life of Judi...

I can't really talk about growing up today, because I don't feel like I did a lot of grown up things other than schlep the dog to th...

A watched tarte tatin never browns. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

This evening I burned the shit out of my finger attempting to make butterscotch tapioca. A younger me would have recoiled at either of thos...

Today we started in earnest to get the vegetable garden ready for the planting season. It is a division of labor -- TH works hard to schlep...

dog, gym, parents, brunch, garden shopping, nap, garden clean up, nap, grumpy, garden assessment, dog walking, dinner, dog walking can you s...

Today I spent the afternoon with my childhood cadre -- those who are still here -- both in the 'hood and on earth. We celebrated the im...