Mama Blah Blah

I have come to the conclusion that in order for me to get anything creative done, I must do the following: 1. Ignore the housework. 2. Give ...

Don't you know I'm loco?* Last week, when we were driving down to Oceanside, Viva declared war on me, with (as far as I'm concer...

On Sunday, Sweet William was channel surfing and came across a Christian televangelist-type show. The preacher was talking about marital pro...

This morning, after dropping Viva off at preschool, I had breakfast with a friend of mine. We are not old friends, and we are not best frien...

I've caught Viva's cold. Wait, you're saying, didn't she just have a cold? How perceptive of you. Checking back though the a...

Heard around Casa de Blah Blah over the past couple days: Sunday Afternoon Our balcony door is open. There is a prodigious amount of honking...

Recent phone message from Sweet William's dad, Bill. (A little context: their relationship could fairly be described as rocky, and messa...

Well, today was Viva's first day of preschool, and miracle of miracles: it was fine. It was more than fine, it was great. I felt sick an...

So I had a couple of weeks there where I was not blogging. What happened, do you say? Well, Sweet William was on vacation, for one thing. Al...

The scene: post-lunch. Nap time. Have just consumed lunch and in combination with our new "in order to get Viva used to going to presch...

After nearly two weeks without posting, browser closed while in midst of writing entry. Can barely contain rage. Will try now to write abrid...

So for quite some time now, I've had two books percolating, which I work on haphazardly, and then this children's story. Now I am ac...

Now I can't remember what was so damn important that I had to write about it. I hate myself sometimes! I wanted to update...oh, yeah. I ...

By the way, the other night, I gave Viva a bath. She has gotten back into taking baths, which I am kind of relieved about. Anyhoo, I was cle...

Why I Take Viva to a Park that's 2 Miles Away When We Live 2 Blocks from a Park 1. There are always at least three (presumably) homeless...

Today, we were at the park and Viva was playing with this little girl, Cate, who is almost 3. Cate was very nicely building sand castles and...

Remember that song? I believe it was Nate Dogg, yes? With help from Snoop and Warren G? Ahh... Anyhoo, I seem to be inundated these days wit...

I hate my book right now. It needs something and I don't know what. Let me stop and clarify: the novel I was working on last year (the p...

On behalf of toddlers everywhere, I have taken it upon myself to conduct a variety of experiments in my home laboratory (also known as our a...

Testing to see if this works. Let's see...