As any true Livermoron knows, our fair city has too few places to dine. When hungry, we scratch our heads and contemplate whether to hit McDonalds or Carl's Jr. Or, if we want to go out... well, the choices are Applebee's or Chevy's... or perhaps Chilli's. Sounds like I'm whining…
Blue Crush
Adding to the list of my guilty pleasures (that I am apparently unafraid of sharing with anyone who reads my blog) is one of the worst movies ever made... Blue Crush . Starring the gorgeous Kate Bosworth, one blue eye and one brown eye twinkling, as the surfer girl of all…
A Fair to Remember
On Sunday we went to the races. It was my first time to the track; we went to the county fair and placed our bets. And we learned a little bit each time. To begin, I picked a winner in Race 6, our first of the day. Funtrip, a three-year-old…
Family Table
Sunlight on brick is hottest at four in the afternoon. It bakes between the boxy shadows of the buildings on Main Street. Boys sip coke from slender-necked bottles. One of them shakes his fist, rattling the dice and tossing them down to clatter up against the wall. Two sixes. As…
Lucky
When the thumping of fireworks splattering across the night sky reverberates within my own chest, rivaling my heart, I know without a doubt how lucky I am. How lucky to be here in this country where my right to speech and faith and the pursuit of happiness are protected. Lucky…
A Dream of Pie
On the bed I share with my husband is a blue-edged quilt that has been washed enough to fall in soft folds when I kick the covers back in the morning. As a little girl I dreamed of waking to the throaty, inevitable crowing of my own bold rooster and…
Sand and Sunscreen
It's been a while since I've felt sand slide under my toes, sucked playfully away by the tide. But today I stood knee-deep in the Pacific Ocean with my friends and enjoyed the soft swirling beneath my feet. I plunged my toes deep into it and splashed in the sandy…
Getting my groove back.
Much has happened since the last time I blogged. Even as I realized June was upon me in all its anticipated glory, June was gone. So here, on a Saturday morning in my slightly messy house, I am sitting on the floor... without any homework hanging over my head, without…