Uhg! Is that how you spell uhg? It’s not Ugg, like the boot. I think it has an H. Anyway! I’m writing because i’m so mad at our neighbors right now. They put all their leaves in a HUGE pile right next to our property line and I asked Karen, very nicely, if she was going to […]
Tag: Barrington
The Week I Said Really Inappropriate Things Out Loud to the Stepford Wives
I have avoided saying inappropriate things out loud to the Stepford Wives for decades now. But I seem to have reached some kind of breaking point. I was walking in the woods, as I do most days, when I came upon a woman wearing sunglasses (in the woods?) and talking on her cell phone (in […]
As if the Word Staycation Weren’t Annoying Enough
This article was published in the local Patch in 2010 in response to the question: How do you create a “staycation” for your family? I find the best way to create a vacation at home is to set up the expectation with my children that we don’t — as a rule — jet off. Any. […]
Writing Out Loud 