Category Archives: love

Baby’s First Opthomalogic

Thursday, March 25th 2021 . We’re having a high-maintenance theme to ClaraJane’s week. Today’s flavor is ophthalmology. . Long story short, girlfriend is nearsighted in her left eye, sees perfectly through her right, and has two totally healthy eyeballs; just … Continue reading

Posted in animals, cats, childhood, comedy, family, global inequity, health, learning, Look at that Cat, love, making art, mental health, money, parenthood, parenting, patience, science | 1 Comment

Walden Tonic

Saturday, March 20th 2021 ~ First Day of Spring . 2021-03-20 Walden Tonic [2:30]: . . . Please See: What men do for fun from r/TikTokCringe: https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/mbb6gq/what_men_do_for_fun/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 . .

Posted in animals, art, childhood, Corona Quarantine, family, health, history, learning, love, mental health, nature, parenthood, parenting, patience, spirituality, travel, Vitamin N | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Me and Anti-Racism: A Beginning

March 18th 2021 While this is by no means my first foray into grappling with the inescapable dominant paradigm of white supremacy in our culture, this is my first time joining a book club about it. Also my first time … Continue reading

Posted in activism, Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, faith, fight, fighting Fascism, global inequity, history, learning, love, mental health, money, persistence, racial injustice, Religious Hypocrisy, social justice, Socialism?, tragedy, work | Leave a comment

Adventures in Food: Legacy Pie Day

Sunday, March 14th 2021 ~ aka: 3.14 ~ aka: “Pi” . Legacy heirloom ancestral heritage generational resurrection pie! . When I get back from my gig the hubsand and ankle biters are all in the kitchen, baking. Chef Daddy is … Continue reading

Posted in art, childhood, comedy, domestic life, evidence they get along, faith, family, food, health, learning, love, making art, mental health, parenthood, parenting, patience, persistence, work-life balance | 1 Comment

We Needed the Tonic of Walden Ice Again

Friday, March 12th 2021 . . 2021-03-12 Walden Ice Tonic [0:52]: . . . As before, we are thoroughly impressed. . #WaldenPond #HenryDavidThoreau

Posted in art, childhood, Corona Quarantine, health, love, mental health, nature, parenthood, science, siblings, spirituality, Vitamin N, work-life balance | 1 Comment

Vaccine Hangover

Friday, March 12th 2021 It is not without significance that dear husband also got vaccinated the previous day… against Covid-19 courtesy of the Cambridge School Department. Hooray! So my man and all the feline boys are pretty zonked out today, … Continue reading

Posted in animals, cats, comedy, Corona Quarantine, domestic life, evidence they get along, family, health, history, Look at that Cat, love, making art, mental health, nature, patience, persistence, work-life balance | 1 Comment

AT RISE: The Most Boring Mom in the World

Thursday, March 11th 2021 AT RISE: Boy is showing Mom his hand drawn Dungeons & Dragons map at the dinner table. CJ is sitting next to her. MOMB: Man! How do you have time to draw all that when you’re … Continue reading

Posted in childhood, Clowning, comedy, Corona Quarantine, domestic life, family, fight, food, forgiveness, health, love, mental health, parenthood, parenting | 1 Comment

Vetting Cats in Triplicate

Thursday, March 11th 2021 . On this much-anticipated day, we load three cats into a bag and haul them off to the Cambridge Cat Clinic. Because Covid precautions prevent my daughter from accompanying me and the cats beyond the front … Continue reading

Posted in animals, cats, Clowning, comedy, Corona Quarantine, evidence they get along, family, health, learning, love, money, nature, parenting, science, siblings, work-life balance | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Beach Bro

March 2021 Here is my brother as a young homeless hippy living on a beach in Hawaii. One of my favorite photos of any person of all time. . . Now it’s a few lifetimes later and it just makes … Continue reading

Posted in animals, art, camping, Corona Quarantine, family, Friendship, health, history, love, mental health, nature, siblings, travel, Vitamin N, work-life balance | 2 Comments

The Tonic of Walden Ice

Sunday, March 7th 2021 Unable to tolerate another day around the house, I insist we go out into nature *somewhere.* Being big dumb novices with no planning, I choose an easy target; walk around Walden Pond. Daddy contracts a sudden … Continue reading

Posted in animals, art, childhood, Corona Quarantine, faith, health, history, learning, love, making art, marriage, mental health, nature, parenthood, parenting, patience, persistence, science, spirituality, tragedy, travel, Vitamin N | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment