qotd

Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2004 Results She resolved to end the love affair with Ramon tonight . . . summarily, like Martha Stewart ripping the sand vein out of a shrimp’s tail . . . though the term “love affair” now struck her as a ridiculous euphemism . . . not unlike “sand vein,” which is Continue reading qotd

Homeward Bound

So I’m the only one in the First Class of El Al’s flight 007 to JFK. (Modern times sure bring us odd-looking integers and initials, don’t they?) I sleep on the floor on a futon for a week and a half, covered with an old red comforter with pink stitching, and I learn to walk Continue reading Homeward Bound

Tamar is here!

She’s here! Allison over at An Unsealed Room gave birth July 12 to Baby Blogger Tamar! I doubt that Tamar is ready for her first WordPress install (yet), but here’s hoping that she takes to sleeping through the night remarkably early. Mazel Tov, Allison and Tamar!