When your mom’s a nurse, you spend a lot of time visiting the hospital. You learn and see all sorts of things most kids don’t, and sometimes, you get to go into the OR. They’re not very scary when they’re empty. Just a long table, huge honking lamp and a couple of computers w[...]
Archive for May, 2009
The Incredible Bouncing Cat
My first cat was not actually MY cat, he was my mother’s. Punkie (short for Pumpkin) was a seal-point Siamese born on Halloween. In the midst of my early childhood, he taught me that animals were beings rather than things – and that some things cannot be caught because you chase them. So[...]
May 5th, 2009 - 10:16 pm § in Jules Jewels
Jules Jewels: Julie & Julia*
Ok, I admit I was never a fan of Julia Child. And before tonight, I never heard of Julie Powell. But I think I am already in love with both of them if for no other reason than they make me feel like I’m not the only dreamer nutjob out there. And for the pttttttthh! That’s [...][...]
It’s a little goofy. It doesn’t really have a ‘theme’. It’s just whatever I'm thinking about today. Most often, it involves my very geeky tendencies and job planning events. Sometimes it’s silly, sometimes it’s serious and sometimes it’s sad. 
