My husband had a story that he would tell me in the first years of our relationship. The story was about this incredible house with elaborate painted turned posts on the porch. A previous owner was alleged to have been buried in the front yard in a sitting up position. He remembered this story from…
Author: Ginny
The tragic loss of what might have been …
After the recent unproductive argument with my daughter in the Comments of the Listening post on LiveJournal argument I wrote a very long piece that I saved to think about whether to post or not. The post was so long that I would have put it online in five parts. After thinking about this post…
On second thought, perhaps she IS revolting?!
Note: This cartoon is a sequel to the previous cartoon …. for those who don’t look further than the top of the page or arrive at the page through a link.
Finding Common Ground …
The Movie: The Squid and The Whale
The Squid and The Whale, a tragicomedy, depicts a fracturing family and the reactions of the two sons to their parents’ separation and impending divorce. The squid and the whale reference comes from a monumental diorama of a struggle between a gigantic squid and a whale at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC….
To the Minnesota Mom/Daughter
Hoping that the Minnesota Mom comes back to read on Typepad rather than LiveJournal one of these days and sees this. Dear Minnesota Mom, There was a time when my thinking about kids was similar to yours. Not entirely and I don’t think and feel that way any more but, yes, there was a time…
An Estrangement Lexicon
or The Proper Use of Terms When Speaking of Estrangements and Relatives By Tung Incheeky Scapegoat: The one on whom all is blamed. Convenient persons without which no estrangement would be complete. If one is not immediately available, choose whichever relative has a history of being nice. Keep this in mind when choosing your own…
Still Talking Back …
Headline: Jaundice Causes Crankiness!
Of cartoons & the characters in them …
The characters in the previous cartoon were not based on either my ex-husband or his mother. This is said because someone who is calling herself Maurice today thought that they were. To my knowledge my first mother-in-law would NEVER have thrown a meat cleaver at anyone. I never met the person whom I was told…