Monthly Archive: December 2003

Gray is dryer lint, the soft wings of doves, dust bunnies huddled under the bed. Gray is dirty sheets, thunderclouds, tarnished silverware. Gray is granite, statues, concrete. Gray is fading, hard to see, foggy hillsides. Gray is far from blue. 20 Christmas cards are addressed so far and the Christmas newsletter is written. Whew! Progress is being made. A dent in. A bite out of. I just want to note publicly that I married Superman. He’s mine, and you can’t have him. Since we got the keys to the new house last July, even before it was finished, this is...

Yow! This morning when the alarm went off at 6-oh-fucking-early-o’clock, I reached out an arm and smacked it, but somehow managed to turn it OFF instead of hitting the snooze button. The next time I pried an eye open and looked it was a QUARTER TO EIGHT!!! Aaagh!! Kids still sleeping, Anders still sleeping… 20 minutes of panic racing around throwing clothes on kids and jumping in and out of the shower… good thing I had a massage scheduled at 9 a.m., is all I have to say about that. I’m in the middle of reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides....

I don’t usually post quizzes, but this was too funny! You are a typical BILLY bookshelf in dark plywood! BILLY bookshelves are neat and tidy and can be relied on to keep their promises. They always read the safety instructions and always pay attention to the flight attendants’ safety demonstrations on every flight. Many BILLY bookshelves wear crash helmets. But that doesn’t mean they’re dull – on the contrary, they are great jokers and like to play the clown at family get-togethers and private parties. Career: Fickle is not a word that is part of the vocabulary of a BILLY...

So far, we’ve had 4 weeks in a row of grey cloudiness and ONE day of sunshine. Bleah to November in Skåne. I remember when I was pregnant with Martin, due in November. It started raining in September and it rained for a year and a half. Non-stop. I swear I’m not making that up. This year, at least, it hasn’t been raining every day, but I could really do with a few more sunny winter days. Don’t get me wrong, we had a BEAUTIFUL summer and an extremely sunshiney fall, but I want more. It’s amazing how much the...