So Olof started playing sudoku several weeks ago but, being one to sneer disdainfully at all things “trendy,” I resisted. Even though a pastime of Puzzles! Numbers! Logic! is right up my alley, I held out, not wanting to jump off the same bridge as everybody else. I fought the good fight until last week,… Read More Aiming for Average

I had such hopes when I read the headline Man injured in sex shop attack at CNN.com this morning. Things looked even more promising when I clicked on the link and saw that the story came out of Sweden — it just had to be juicy, right? I mean, we all know how kinky and… Read More Lessons in Deviance

The other day I caught the spine of one of Tage’s books out of the corner of my eye, and the title took me by surprise. It took me a second or two to process it, but then it struck me as outrageously funny and I couldn’t stop laughing for minutes, at least. Olof, of… Read More Maybe you had to be there.

It occurs to me lately that if I’m going to make a real go of this housewife gig I need to hone my domestic skills a bit. With that in mind I bought a sewing machine on Monday. I’d been hinting for one around every gift-giving occasion for years, but Olof either didn’t get my… Read More A Woman’s Work

I took a nap yesterday afternoon and lay in bed a while after I woke up. Listening to the fireworks of a handful of early revelers, I considered that Olof and I haven’t ever been out or had any sort of major plans on New Year’s, and as I thought about that I realized that… Read More New Year

I rarely get sick and when I do, it’s usually over pretty quickly. When I started feeling a tell-tale throat tickle on Monday evening, I expected to spend Tuesday with a sore throat and then to wake up Wednesday back to my normal self. Occassionally, though–say once a year or even once every other year–I… Read More Death Warmed Over