was perfect. Well, not perfect perfect, but pretty damn good. But that’s only because I don’t do perfect.
Yule was great. It was quiet, calm, cozy. I got to take a nap. I got to spend it with both Engineer and Scouser and the girls basked in the attention. I had a sense that Scouser missed [...]
Friday night. I ran into a friend of a friend at the train station. Chicago is a big enough place, I generally don’t anticipate running into people I know. He introduced me to his date as a close friend from the SCA. I was flattered and said so. I texted the friend in common, haven’t [...]
Sorry to go on about this, I’m working something out.
This past weekend, I had a chance to reconnect with NewsBoy. It’s given me food for thought, some of the things he said. I hadn’t talked to him, really talked to him, since high school. He’s been through a lot. There were a couple of things [...]
Yes, I am dreading tomorrow.
My mother is one of seven children. Most of them get together on the holidays. I have memories of when I was younger, when my great-grandparents were still living, and the holiday family gatherings were even bigger. Those are wonderful memories. There was something more sane in those - there was [...]
