I’ve been sleeping instead of writing this week.  I haven’t been cleaning or cooking or doing anything really other than keeping an eye on Ellie as she demands Nana’s attention (NANA!  NAAAAANNNAAA!) to play ‘hide the pig’ in the couch cushions and pitter pattering all over the house waking papa up in the wee hours … Continue reading Yoga or Valium

I saw this quote at the Farmer’s Market today at one of the booths.  Your vibe will attract your tribe.  I loved it.  What a quick and clever way to say…if you are yourself, you will find your place.  If not, you’ll find someone else’s place and be miserable! Speaking of finding myself in someplace … Continue reading Vibing for My Tribe in Texas

I am thoroughly enjoying my visit to the Shire (Home to NB) this month.  It has been quite a healing experience.  Everyone should have a mom and dad like mine.  I haven’t cooked a meal or washed a dish (ok I washed ONE dish) since I’ve been here.  I watched the activity as they cleaned the … Continue reading Transgender Issues in the Shire

Well it’s that time again - time for me to spout off about things I have no business ranting on about!  It’s ALMOST my favorite thing to do.  I'll call it...bathtub thoughts...I’m posting early as I’ll be without internet at Ojisaan’s (Grampy Yeh) this weekend, then traveling on home to NB for a nice visit … Continue reading My Totally Uneducated, Absolutely Based in Nothing But How I FEEL…Two Cents on Current Events or…Bathtub Thoughts

I’m working on being grateful.  It's easy to be grateful for your health, and for sweet Ellie-Belle.  She had a birthday yesterday and I may have gone overboard with the balloons and the pink fur trimmed tiara that lights up...It's not so easy to be grateful for things that drive you nuts.Take the old, poopy brown colored … Continue reading The Grateful Couch

I have Ebola.  Or a cold, whatever.  I feel like I should be in a level 4 quarantine tent in a field somewhere.  So while my precious is sleeping and I am sneezing, here are a few quick points from my week.You know you’re a mom of a toddler when:* You find really clean macaroni … Continue reading Ebola, Toddlers, Texans

Miss Ellie Yeh is turning TWO in a couple weeks.  TWO!  I’m frantically ordering Daniel Tiger dessert plates and cake toppers and figuring out where to find balloons and debating making the cake or buying it and suddenly I stop and I realize…she’s a toddler.  Officially not a ‘baby’ anymore.  I want to laugh.  I … Continue reading The Terrific Twos

 “If you’re totally exhausted at the end of the day and you don’t know how you’re possibly going to get through another one, you’re probably a good parent.”I’m not sure who wrote it but it was exactly what I needed to hear this week.  Ellie is a beautiful, wonderful, charming whirlwind of a toddler who … Continue reading Daddy Muddling Part One

Have you ever seen a deadly animal in the wild, in real life?  A bear on the trail ahead of you, or a snake suddenly popping out, or a moose so close you can see the hairs on his massive (wickedly pointy) antlers?It’s like someone douses your heart in ice water and you freeze with … Continue reading The Sociopath Next Door

There’s a $10,000 poetry prize with Rattle magazine, deadline July 15th.  I’ve borrowed a bunch of poetry books and I’m figuring I’ll just read ‘the best’ for awhile, then write my own.  Easy ten grand right?  As the books gather dust on my nightstand, guess what I’ve discovered is more fun than researching and writing … Continue reading Winning the Nobel Peace Prize and other Silly Dreams