Girl Power
She spilled into the car like sunshine. Nine months had passed and I almost couldn’t take how good it was to have her next to me…
Marriage in Parenthood
There is partnership, and there is partnership within the walls of parenthood. Both tell very different stories. Some days, it seems as though the kids are…
Middle Place
My mother is not the touchy-feely type. She arrives at the front door like the whole world’s behind her, the sing-songy hell-o-ooo of her arrival already…
Love and Other Hard Things
* Any personal information I share in this tent of ours about someone else – Joel included – is always done with permission. Joel and I…
The Wedding Reading
The ceremonies and rituals which mark milestones in a life are like frosting. For a small moment in time, the beauty and goodness and magic of…
Married Life
Marriages are funny things. Not that I’m married, of course. It’s just that to start this little segment with defacto relationships are funny things, well, it’s just…
Joel’s Corner
Welcome back. Make yourself a cup of tea. Take off your shoes. Settle in. It’s been far too long. Friends, we’re having some…… spacial…
A Love Story
You guys, I have this weird obsession. Whenever I meet someone for the first time, and I know they are in a relationship, I get desperate…
Joel’s Magic Cucumbers
Aww, y’all came back. Well, then. Joel’s Magic Cucumbers turned out to be African Melons. African Horned Melons. Which apparently breed like rabbits. Joel tells…
The Backyard
The other day our Landlord came over. He does that from time to time since he only lives across the road. He’s a nice man and he’s…
