Things have settled down 'round here. Wonderbaby has recovered from her mysterious fever and stopped throwing lemons at me. She still much prefers Daddy, but whatever. I'm used to rejection. I can take it.Still...

WonderBaby's Countdown to Friday the Thirteenth:1) Sob throughout afternoon at daycare. Sob when Mommy comes to pick you up. Shout NO at daycare lady when she says see you tomorrow.2) Blow kiss at daycare...

It's late when you return home. You pay the babysitter, who slips out the door and rides away on his bicycle into the warm night. You make yourself some tea - ginger peach, with...

There's an old man who spends a lot of time on our street. Across the street, actually, at house in which he does not live. He has a friend there, another elderly gentleman, the...

... Fifteen centimeters? Ten? When was the last time that you checked?I'm standing, clutching my club soda and lime, facing down a total stranger who has just asked me when it was that I...

Overheard, Her Bad Father to Her Bad Mother:"Do you ever get the feeling that we're just rodeo clowns in one long WonderBaby Stampede?"She's a cowboy, baby....

I love my husband for many reasons, but chief among those reasons is this: he's a manly man.He's the kind of guy who you know could totally protect you in the wilderness, or in...

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WonderBaby sez, love your dominion.* On the menu for this weekend: fireworks and ice cream and bathroom renovations and picnics at the park and ice cream and - oh yeah - did I mention...

Sometime, over the past few days, over the past few weeks, over some period of time that I have lost track of, WonderBaby became a little girl.I don't know when or how it happened....