taken on August 29, 2005

Hermes the Yuletide Elf is being deployed to the Middle East. He doesn’t know yet where he will land. He may be back by Christmas, or his trip may be extended indefinitely. I took a good look at his bald …

I dreamed I had a son, a beautiful blonde boy, kissing me all over my face. J said, “Tell your father, Pete, that I owe him $10.” I scolded J for making such a statement to our son. When I …

Aunt: There’s a church in my community that welcomes gays and lesbians, as long as they’re not practising. Me: Oh, I’m sure there’s a gay bar somewhere that welcomes Catholics, as long as they’re not practising.

My cousin lost her breast to cancer and surgery. Last time we spoke, she was jealous of my pregnancy. She and her husband, a doctor, had been trying to conceive for over a year. I’ve been putting off calling her …

self-portrait taken sometime in 2003 This morning I woke up from a dream in which my old cat was looking down on me, J and our baby. Then I remembered my cat died on this day last year. She was …

(on my iTunes) Dress – PJ Harvey Seven Years – Norah Jones Four Women – Nina Simone The Origin of Love – Hedwig and the Angry Inch Love And Anger – Kate Bush Nightingale – Norah Jones The Man With …

As parents and advocates of free speech, we let our baby choose this evening’s entertainment. Out of all the DVDs in our library, she picked out South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut. This movie came out in 1999, an interesting …