I greatly enjoyed reading this poem by Greg Delanty in this month’s issue of the The Atlantic Monthly and thought I would share it: Parents What do any of us know about our parents, separate or together? My mother kept the house in order, prepared food, wore the epinetron smooth rolling the threads, the skeins …
Monthly Archives: April 2010
‘And They Leave the Children Behind’
Sometimes a place can imprint you with its own tragedy. Maybe that was the idea behind the supposed hauntings last week. Right now I’m a bit imprinted by the day I spent with the dusk shift of the Tohonoh O’odham Reservation Police Department, during which time I toured much of their 75 miles of border with …
How about those kids!
My post on super-kids from earlier today (combined with a screaming case of procrastination) have motivated me to scour the Internet in search of other, equally nausea-inducing examples of too-perfect children. Below are links to some of my favorites, but I would love to hear suggestions from our readers, too: We must of course not …
Bad Dads We love: Thirteen other celebs who should get pregnant
Look, I love momblogs. And I love celebrity gossip. But sometimes, when the two cross paths, you get things like this—“13 Celebs Who Should Get Pregnant — RIGHT NOW”: With Mother’s Day approaching, we can think of more than a few famous moms who we wish had reconsidered procreation. Alas, all we can do now …
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