2013 Holiday Whatever
This year we visited: Florida to see family, friends, dolphins and The Mouse; Kentucky to see family and caves; Isle of Palms to see family and…
Diary Excerpts From a Conflicted Farmer McGregor
September 2013: I am in the garden pruning, harvesting, weeding…and there is one of my bunnies, full grown, munching on a giant juicy tomato. Really,…
We Love You, Mr. Banks
A few months ago, when I posted “One Conversation about Running, with Some Idiot who Only Runs if Chased”, Manchild became a bit sensitive about his…
A Chat About Disease. With the Pizza Guy.
The doorbell rings. How many Schleigers does it take to greet the pizza guy and pay him? It takes all of us. Dogchild to attempt to…
Project Grinch and the Junior Accountants
In a world of American materialism, inevitably comes the time when you must pare down. Simplify. Walk through the valley of toys without injury. Open up…
Be Your Own Billboard
When my kids were speechless (not noiseless, mind you!) infants, Manchild and I watched them smile and listened to them coo and gurgle. We wondered aloud,…
One Conversation About Running, with Some Idiot Who Only Runs if Chased*
*And, surprisingly and quite possibly accidentally, is a member of Mensa Me: So I was driving in the neighborhood today, and seriously 3 women were walking…
Don't Repeat This in Preschool 