This is an actual photograph taken a few moments ago. As you can see, Sidney is fine—despite the half moon hole in her left ear. (What you can’t see is the pleading look in her eye as she begs for more turkey. I’ll spare you that wrench of the heart.) ((Another thing you can’t see [...]

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Our annual neighborhood street party took place two weeks ago. While the girls were off playing with the other kids, Jeff reached over from his lawn chair and touched my hair. Naturally, I thought he was feeling amorous, but I covered. Me: Did I have a bug? Jeff: No. I was just noticing the gray. [...]

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This morning I dropped Meredith off at school, returned home with Harper, made coffee, started a load of laundry, plopped down onto the couch, and remembered that I haven’t pulled up Fluid Pudding in over a week. Whiny Paragraph: I barely made it through the evening of Meet the Teacher last week. Argh. I’m not [...]

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Things are going quite well at the Pudding house. Fabric is being cut, no humans are ill, I’m rolling on the current book club selection, I’m hooking up with a friend this evening for dinner, and the cats are toying with the idea of becoming pals. Thanks to each and every one of you for [...]

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