SIXTEEN persons, SIX (J, J, L, C, E, S) of them under seven, five of those six mobile, under one roof. I somehow find myself simultaneously glad for just my one and longing for many more.
Happy Thanksgiving.
(apologies to the fam for getting the count wrong)
Archive for November, 2008
Thanksgiving.
Posted in I'm not supposed to blog about my family, Parenting, Planet Sster on November 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Thankful
Posted in I'm not supposed to blog about my family, Planet Sster on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
that I’m here:
Posted in Adopting, Adoption, Food Glorious Food, Parenting, Planet Sster on November 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I don’t have a specific agenda today. I just wanted to show up, in part because I was struck this morning–for no particular reason–by my die-hard readers who show up themselves from time to time just in case I’ve written anything, even if I haven’t written in a long time. I guess I shouldn’t be [...]
Patience
Posted in Dazed and Confused; or, Living Well with ADD, Food Glorious Food, Planet Sster on November 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today I am soaking chick peas, waiting for bread to rise, waiting for laundry loads to wash and dry, waiting for a child to go to sleep and waiting for him to wake up again, waiting for Attic Man to come home and waiting for my mother-in-law’s visit.
So much of domestic work is about patience. [...]
Serial Hobbiest
Posted in Dazed and Confused; or, Living Well with ADD, Food Glorious Food, Planet Sster on November 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
One of the most enjoyable parts of ADHD is the pairing of the unpredictable, whimsicle, serendipidous direction of one’s interests and the ability to hyperfocus. The result, at least in my life, is that I am what I call a “serial hobbiest.” (Lest you think we hyperactive sorts have the market share, Attic Man is [...]
Stupid flood.
Posted in All Wet, Dissertating, Planet Sster, Reading, Writing on November 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last night I attended the lecture of a prestigious senior academic with degrees and books galore and found myself passionately, burningly, fundamentally troubled by her premise. It is opposed to the very principle that guides my work in literary criticism and cultural studies–and when I confronted her with it she said, simply, “you must not [...]
Back Briefly, with a lump in my throat.
Posted in Race on November 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
ETA: YES WE DID!!
There is a dissertation, and a toddler, and getting over the flood (still), and many many Friends and friends, and anxiety about what to write when I do decide to write here again–
but this morning there was only an African-American man and his wife on TV voting for himself for president with [...]
