July 2010

More Shrooms, Man

by beth July 30, 2010

We dis­cov­ered our neigh­bor­hood has been taken over by mush­rooms.  We saw them out on our nature walk.  In yards, on the edge of the street in the grass, & hid­den under trees. Mamacita stopped to see if any fairies or other mag­i­cal crea­tures lived under them.  Turns out the answer is No.  But she thinks […]

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A Cat Has Nine Lives

by beth July 29, 2010

1999 As I sank deeper into my chair, eyes wide but unable to see any­thing clearly I felt like the wind had been knocked out of me.  How could he say the words “feel” & “about you” in the same sen­tence?  I couldn’t find words, I just stared at Alex. Seri­ously, when did it get […]

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Homemade Pizza Dough: A Classic Margherita Pizza

by beth July 28, 2010

Remem­ber how I men­tioned that Pizza also makes reg­u­lar appear­ances at our house?  Mike & the kids would lit­er­ally be unable to func­tion if we didn’t have pizza. I also might melt into a ball of despair,  I mean what is a world with­out pizza? And while we could just do the $5 piz­zas (I […]

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Only in Frills

by beth July 27, 2010

She eats in ball gowns.  She bakes in them. She wants to ride her bike in them.  She hikes her skirt up & climbs the rock wall in the yard.  All the time I worry “What out!  You need to be care­ful!”  But on she goes. The dresses are ragged within hours of her play­ing.  She […]

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