A Cat By Any Other Name

If Collab – June: If you had all the money you would ever need… and more, what would you do with your life? What would be your motivation to get out of bed everyday? I once told Richard that he needed to get a job that paid him twice as much so I could quit [...]

I’ve been counting down the days til Richard came home. One week, and then three days, and then it was tomorrow, and then it was finally today – Sunday – and the counting turned from days to hours til I could leave the house. I tracked the flight online, heaving a relieved sigh when I [...]

Allegra and I are competing for the mousepad. When I move my hand away, she oh-so-slowly stretches out so that she is completely on it, pushing the mouse off in the process. I, in turn, gently shove her across my desk just the few inches necessary to reach the mouse and be able to use [...]

As the wedding gets closer and closer, invariably the first question people ask me when they see me is ‘How are the wedding plans going?’ And my answer, lately, is “Not too bad. My mom and I are managing to keep things down to only one small panic per week.” They think I’m kidding, of [...]

We went to an energy fair yesterday. It wasn’t all that exciting, and since it was put on by SMUD, and we’re outside SMUD’s range (lucky us – we’ve got our choice between PG&E or nuthin’), the information was naturally geared toward all the greenergy programs SMUD’s pushing. But it was still at least a [...]

I go to work at 8am each morning, same as before, but now it is different. Now I can be a bit lazier in the morning – taking extra time to get dressed; talking myself into getting on that treadmill and exercising; giving the cats the attention they demand. Now it only takes me fifteen [...]

I saw my veil today – or what will be my veil. Between the two of us, the seamstress and I twisted and tacked my hair to my head and then she added the material, and I looked in the mirror. It was lopsided and lumpy, and it was hard to tell because we were [...]

It’s that time of year again – when florists are frantically arranging sprays of blooms, bakers are concocting fanciful creations so overdone with sugary frosting and detail they could put a diabetic into a coma, and women all over the world are being asked by their best friends and closest relatives – and agreeing – [...]

She is strong willed. She is self-assured. She is intelligent She is wickedly funny. She is talented. She is stable. She is a mother. She says what she thinks and doesn’t hold back. She is a battered wife. She loves him.

My mother is not a fan of Unity candles. “You’re having a wedding,” she is fond of saying. “You’re exchanging rings. You’re saying vows. You’re doing it in front of all your friends and families. How much more unity do you need to get the point across?” I’ll admit I tend to agree with her. [...]