So who has the biggest hangover this morning? Who ate the best potato salad? Woke up with the best looking stranger? Any good fistfights or firework-related injuries?
I pulled my "Scrooge in July" routine and stayed home. I took a bath. I just moved into a new apartment that has a tub a grownup can actually fit into and since have been taking a couple baths a week. If you are strictly a shower-person, why not take a bath? They're good times.
Last Tuesday, I posted a contest to describe your relationship with your mother in only five words, which as anybody who has ever had a mother will tell you, is no easy feat. But you guys killed. The entries were fantastic; thanks to everyone who participated.
Some people went with humor (sort of):
Ruth D: "We are now switching places"
Sarah: "Is that what you're wearing?"
Anonymous: "Not mini me? Bad girl..."
Most, though, were brutally emotional--a few I admired:
Caroline: "A remarkable reliance on memory"
Julie: "Neurotic dissatisfied disappointed, now dead"
Brian: "Simple thoughts for sad soul"
The big winner was Irene, whose submission "Life long labyrinth no exit" seems to describe the maze of family brilliantly. Well done. I'll slip you a book in the next couple days.
Also, Poets & Writers put out their "new and noteworthy" books for the summer and they were nice enough to include Termite Parade on their list.
I pulled my "Scrooge in July" routine and stayed home. I took a bath. I just moved into a new apartment that has a tub a grownup can actually fit into and since have been taking a couple baths a week. If you are strictly a shower-person, why not take a bath? They're good times.
Last Tuesday, I posted a contest to describe your relationship with your mother in only five words, which as anybody who has ever had a mother will tell you, is no easy feat. But you guys killed. The entries were fantastic; thanks to everyone who participated.
Some people went with humor (sort of):
Ruth D: "We are now switching places"
Sarah: "Is that what you're wearing?"
Anonymous: "Not mini me? Bad girl..."
Most, though, were brutally emotional--a few I admired:
Caroline: "A remarkable reliance on memory"
Julie: "Neurotic dissatisfied disappointed, now dead"
Brian: "Simple thoughts for sad soul"
The big winner was Irene, whose submission "Life long labyrinth no exit" seems to describe the maze of family brilliantly. Well done. I'll slip you a book in the next couple days.
Also, Poets & Writers put out their "new and noteworthy" books for the summer and they were nice enough to include Termite Parade on their list.
