There’s a lot of things I don’t know and am not good at, like there are just too many to list (taxes, basic home maintenance, how to keep a plant alive) but let’s celebrate what …
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baketution
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buns
Little known fact: the scene in Father of the Bride when Steve martin looses his shit at the grocery store and starts ‘removing superfluous buns’ is actually a documentary about my own life, one that …
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a little bird
An actual thought I’ve been thinking lately: I should try and have more thoughts. Like thoughts that aren’t related to kids or something I’ve been contracted to write. Like my own raw, human thoughts. Occasionally …
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sourdough nonstarter
Last week at the family reunion, my cousin served the most INCREDIBLE SOURDOUGH BREAD that she had made from scratch, and it was one of the best things I’ve ever had, maybe a little bit …
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A spacious room
HOTEL EMPLOYEE: Welcome to Very Cool NYC Hotel that’s cool because it has no Things in it, because you’re so cool you don’t need things. Me: Where can I put my bag? EMPLOYEE:…The floor Me: …
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I need an assistant
I really need an assistant to help me with about 45 things, I cannot AFFORD an assistant so instead here is a short list of those things: –
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a cool picture
There’s an awesome little write-up about The Game in the theater section of the New York Times today, from which I’ve learned two things. One, life goes on. One day, critics do not like something …
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Frosting
I dreamt I was being frosted into the middle of a German Chocolate Cake, my body was a series of coconut flakes in a wave pool, and the long flat knife was the wave. I …
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the rub
While waiting for what’s left of my meager breast milk to dry up, so that I can do what I need to do to stay Myself, I find myself weirdly wishing that my daughter needed …
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it is you
Unloading the groceries yesterday afternoon, I had the fleeting thought, wow I’m tired, I really don’t want to figure out where to put this 40th jar of back up peanut butter, maybe the Grown-ups will …