The Pterodactyl said, “Would you like to visit The Beautiful Place of Peace and Crickets?” Who wouldn’t? It was dusk, which Hot Firefighter Husband likes to call the gloaming when he wants to feel high brow. The Pterodactyl had been puttering around on the back deck in his bright yellow shark pajamas and a pair Read More
The Pterodactyl likes to draw in the sand. Yesterday at the beach, he suddenly expressed terror at the 5-inch waves smashing into his ankles, and decided to use the beach as his canvas. He drew a fabulous portrait of his dad, and an equally fabulous but enormous portrait of me looming over his dad, which Read More
NOTE: This is a guest editorial I wrote for the current issue of Folio Weekly magazine in Jacksonville, Fla. In the summer of 2020, my son will be 15 years old. I imagine him riding his bike to the beach. Maybe he’s not wearing a shirt, and has a hat perched backwards on his head. Read More
Today it was my turn to pick up a gaggle of 8-year-old girls from surf camp. I thought the Diva was chatty – but EssGirl talks like her voice box is infused with espresso every 20 minutes. She’s adorably sassy, and eager to spurt out whatever random thought occurs in her brain. On the way Read More
On our first night home from vacation, the Tyrant woke up screaming for milk in the middle of the night. I stumbled into her room with a sippy cup. “I want you to yay with me,” she said. I drew back the comforter to snuggle with her for a minute, and as I stretched out Read More
The sleeping arrangements in Pittsburgh were as mediocre as one would expect of five humans living in a single hotel room, even if the room was a suite. There was a queen bed for Husband and me, a pullout couch for two of the children and a rollaway bed for the third. The Tyrant fell Read More
Pittsburgh has lots of nicknames. It has been called the City of Bridges, the City of Champions, and the Steel City. It is also the City of Road Signs That Can Lead to Untimely Divorce. I have never gotten lost so many times in one place in so short a period of time. My children Read More
The Pterodactyl has pronounced Pittsburgh to be The Best City in the World. This is mainly because Pittsburgh has a subway system, and subway cars are like TRAINS, which next to his dream of surgically attaching himself to me, is like secondary heaven. But I must say that I’m warming up to Pittsburgh. It has Read More
Just in time for your reading enjoyment, we have embarked on our annual vacation. This year we are traveling in the Motorized Landfill to Pittsburgh, Penn., which is where all the trendy people are spending the summer this year. We’re looking forward to escaping the heat, for although the forecast calls for a heat index Read More
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