Ignoreland
June 15, 2008
Filed in: The Home Front, The Middle Ages
There is a growing list of mainstream media story types I simply cannot read anymore, no matter who they’re written by or how important a publication they appear in.
Witness one: today’s uber-boring cover article in the NYT Mag. Wow, people in the 21st century who have children sometimes decide...
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Will You Please Be Quiet Please?
April 06, 2008
Filed in: The Home Front, The Middle Ages, The Way We Live Now
It’s weird to be pitching a book about falling in love with America again when in fact I am less and less in love each day with our economic system of government. It’s kind of like going to a marriage counselor when you already have one foot out the door.
Poor Swellville is in such dire...
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Speaking of journeys…
March 10, 2008
Filed in: The Home Front, The Middle Ages
What, you’re kicking around the Internets reading this and that when you should be working? If so, head over to Brain,Child, where, among a lot of awfully good writing, Jen and Steph were peachy enough to post my essay about a long, long bus ride I took with C.
If anyone reading is from...
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Two Questions
February 28, 2008
Filed in: The Home Front, The Middle Ages, The Way We Live Now
1) Chowing down on Mexy food with Beulah last weekend, this came up: “What is the most valuable thing in your house?”
We’re not talking 401K or your car or the various bits of trophy jewelry on your bod. We’re talking in your house. And we’re talking cash value, not sentimental: what did you...
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December Red #2
December 31, 2007
Filed in: The Home Front, The Middle Ages
I know what you’re thinking: this entry has nothing whatsoever to do with The 50th State, she’s just here to brag about the perfect little Christmas present she got from her way-cool husband.
And it’s true, it’s hard for me not to be a bit puffed up with pride, and I understand completely if...
