Laughing at Chaos

Many, many years ago, in a college class I have long since forgotten, I read a poem. I remember very little about it, only that it was a woman speaking about the street on which she lived. That she was …

I had band rehearsal last night. Not Dude, we’re in a garage band rehearsal. A real band. With a conductor and euphoniums (euphonii?) and black folders full of music and a tuning note and not a stringed instrument in the bunch. …

I have written no fewer than five separate posts this week. In my head. Fully formed, ready to go, and melted back into the gray matter by the time I could apply fingers to keyboard. Made me wish, yet again, …

We don’t have cable, so any news I get these days is whatever happens across my Facebook feed at the moment I’m sitting in front of it. I may no longer be the most informed person, but I’m also no …

I never could understand how people could read more than one book at a time. I’d read interviews of So-And-So and s/he would mention s/he was in the middle of three different books. All I could think was, “Really? Just …

After Christmas, birthdays, Halloween, and Pi Day, Geek Pride Day is a huge deal in the House of Chaos. One of the greatest parts of homeschooling is that we can spend the time not only enjoying A’s descent into Geekdom, …

I have a new BFF. Allegra. She’s a tough broad, able to vanquish dandelions without breaking a sweat. It’s a tough road for her right now, as The Great Snotting is still running amok, but I have faith in her …

We live on what is quite possibly the friendliest block in this village of twenty thousand people. We had barely opened the first PODS last summer before neighbors were coming by to introduce themselves. With the exception of the one …

The rains came. And the woman, who saw her former state burn through drought, rejoiced, for there would be green and lushness and no water restrictions. And the rains continued to bless the woman and her land. And again. And …