From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Explaining Michael Jackson

by eliz on June 26, 2009

The images on the TV were so surreal to Tink yesterday that at one point she put her hand on my arm – as if frightened, because she was – and asked, “Why does he look like that?”
“Because he was really sad,” I told her. “And really sick.”
How can you explain Michael Jackson to a [...]

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12 Truly Cutting Housewife Insults

by eliz on June 22, 2009

That “bathroom remodel” she won’t shut up about? She’s having one of those Bath Fitter things put in! 
You know that condo they have at the beach is really her mother’s, right?
I’m never going there for a playdate – all she feeds her kids are frozen chicken nuggets. Next thing you know, my kids will be asking for [...]

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Blueberry Shortcakes

by eliz on June 21, 2009

This is what we’ll be having after dinner on Father’s Day. Or it could be dinner on Father’s Day, depending on how things go at the restaurant today. We had plans to make a lovely dinner on Mother’s Day, but when the dining room finally cleared, all we could do was look at one another, [...]

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