Sordid Blog

I have to admit that I tend to enjoy feeling myself a study in contrasts. I like to think that I enjoy an eclectic set of things.  Once, in college, a friend riding in the car with me was looking at my CD collection as we tried to pick out something to play — I [...]

Just saw in The Daily Reflector that Duchess of York Sarah Furguson is coming to G’vegas in May … OMG … now, how do I get myself into the “Power of the Purse” luncheon on May 5 so that I can see Sarah.  We have got a LOT to talk about!  I have a few [...]

Now that I write that, I think “Lily’s Big Girl Back-to-School Basket” sounds like the perfect name for a children’s picture book about the first day of school. Hmmm … inspiration, check! Soon as I finish the book on Max, I will have to write the one about Lily (and Isabelle, of course) …
My colleague [...]

I mean, it may not really have been the H1N1 (”Swine”) Flu, but I felt like ass yesterday and I’m here to tell you, sleeping Tuesday from noon until 6:00 p.m. was fantastic!  I’m not a napper, so the fact that I slept during the day is proof positive, IMHO, that I was sick.  Head [...]

It begins fairly slowly, the first morning walking the dogs and the humidity has been dialed back a bit, and even though it’s still in the mid-70s, you can feel that this 75 is different from the one you got at 6:00 a.m. a few weeks ago. And turning a corner, as you click the [...]

I have lots to post about the week with Jackson, Susie, and Rachel, but for now, one quick post.  This morning, while Mommy Susie took a shower, I took Jackson and Max for walk.  We saw lots, and the best part was doing the trip mostly in French.  Jackson’s French skills are quie good, as [...]

While the semester is coming to a speedy end, my thoughts  turn toward Mother’s Day this coming Sunday. Susie, Rachel, and Jackson are arriving today in Raleigh (hopefully sans swine flu), and I’m leaving in a few minutes to meet them; they’re hanging in Raleigh for a couple days with the T’s before coming this [...]

I’m glad to be feeling a bit better … I’m still wonky in the tumbly for some reason, most likely because I’ve eaten “comfort foods” (e.g., ice cream, bagels, sandwiches) for the last three days and that sort of junk-food diet is bound to bother one’s tumbly. But overall, I’m feeling better.  Congestion is less; [...]

I realized the other day that I hadn’t mentioned on my own blog that I was working on a cookbook.  Oops … So far, virtually nobody who eats my cooking has said anything negative about it — perhaps because  if they did, they wouldn’t be invited back to eat — but that got me thinking [...]

After a ragged day of travel yesterday, I was excited this morning to go get Gwennie & Max from their holiday get-away at E & B Boarding.  Gwennie swears by the place and Max has always given it a very enthusiastic double-leap, which is his highest rating of anything.  Of course, it rained most of [...]