Yearly Archives: 2012

This little guy is going to be five in just a few short days. I really can't believe it. He's grown up so much in the last year and I realize this birthday is as big a milestone (aka emotionally crippling) as when he got his first tooth and stopped breastfeeding. Other milestones were easier

Mommy, Friday Walker and I were headed to the bank and we passed your building. "Don't forget to say hi to your Mommy!" Walker reminded me as we drove by. HI MOMMY! The Little Pie has gotten so much bigger and more mature. He's got a real little boy body (skin and bones with impressively

If you’ve been to our house, you may have noticed the pathetic state of our kitchen floors. We’ve been in Chateau Fromage going on 13 years. We didn’t redo the floor before we moved in so they are seriously looking their age and I must admit, we haven’t been as nice to them as we

This morning's installation is visually impressive but hardly as controversial as Young's earlier work, such as "Wall Dent, 2010" and "Blue and Green Marker Smudge on Bedroom Wall, 2009" while retaining the earlier, more unstudied works' enthusiasm and unbridled charm. When asked for an artists' statement, Young initially demurred, then added, "I deny my projects

I make lists. I make A LOT of lists. Recently a friend of mine gave me a book called "My Listography" which allows me to create an autobiography in one of my most comfortable formats (however, if you read the prior post, you will remember that I'm challenged by anything relating to "favorites" lists). My

When Larry and I started dating, he would ask me things like, "What's your favorite movie?" or "If you were stranded on an island, what CD would you bring?" or "Who would play you in the movie of your life?" These are all stumpers for me as are basic questions like, "What's your favorite animal?"

So, Walker came home from school recently and started talking about Martin Luther King. Apparently we saw him one time when we went somewhere together. But that's not all he knows about MLK. His teachers have been talking a lot about Dr. King and what he stands for and I got to see what a