Author: marylowd

The seven-year-old: “I have so many hugs, I have to use one right now. [[rushes over to give me a hug]] I have infinity hugs and I never lose them. When I lose one, I go get another.”

The Mandalorian S2E2 is the best so far because:

—more Amy Sedaris
—lots of closeups of Baby Yoda & Baby Yoda doing things
—Frog lady!!!! hopping!!!
—spider eggs & giant spider

Also, this episode is further proof that The Mandalorian is FURRY FICTION.

Anyone disappointed Trump lost can fucking go to hell.

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The thirteen-year-old was already awake when I woke up, waiting outside my door, and when they saw I was awake, whispered, “We did it,” and then came in and gave me the longest hug. #BidenHarris2020 Continue reading “Tidbits from an Inflection Point”

Well, here we are on the third day of Tuesday in the ninth month of March…

[Note: I compose on Twitter, because I find that to be a more useful forum overall. So, this post keeps growing, because it’s a compilation of a quasi-viral Twitter thread I keep adding to.]

It was never going to be a landslide. Continue reading “Winning is Not Enough”

I finally finished writing a story that I started more than 1.5 years ago!

I wrote three whole novels in between starting and finishing that story…

13-year-old: “I learned today that Princess Carolyn is an elf.”
Me: …
13: …
Me: “What?”
13: “Princess Carolyn is an elf.”
Me: “Princess Carolyn is a CAT.”
13: “Oh, sorry, I meant the actor.”
Me: “What? Context???”
13: “Princess Carolyn is in the movie Elf.”

I can hear Daniel singing “1, 2, 3, count the batty-bats!” in the other room & I’m pretty sure he’s answering a question from the 13-year-old about why no one’s told them who won the election yet.

Kitten bite
Kitten claw
Kitten curl up like a buttery croissant

One of the best things about Gilmore Girls is that it normalizes the possibility of being a fantastic mother while not cooking AT ALL or even knowing how.

I know how to cook. I can cook. But most of the time, I don’t want to. It’s easier, quicker, and more fun to order out.

So, I think about Lorelei Gilmore a lot. Because she’s the best possible mother for Rory, and they only ever seem to eat at Luke’s diner or get pizza. Continue reading “Lorelei Gilmore and Not Cooking”