mica, mica, parva stella

June 27, 2006 | Filed Under ordinary 

the trash on our street is gone! ernie and henry could barely get it to the roadside before things were snatched out of their hands and thrown into trunks and backseats. a neighboring family has three tvs in their trash. this morning someone took a soggy recliner from the pile. what does one do with a soggy recliner?

great grandmama celebrated her 84th birthday over the weekend. she walked away with a stack of books and an extremely large piece of cake lodged in her stomach. ernie and i were admiring her lazy afternoon lifestyle. “wouldn’t it be nice to sit in a chair and read all day, every day, for years on end?” we pontificated. yes, it would.

saturday night ernie and i went on a date (!),which we hadn’t done for several months. on which we meandered through two bookstores without ever entering the childrens’ sections. we ate a most delicious dinner. we drank coffee as we meandered, meaning that no one was wanting sips (jude) and no one was needing mama’s hands for help or eyes for reading (both henry and jude). it was also nice to enjoy the ride to and from with the uninterrupted conversation. by the end of the night i was missing my boys, though, who were catching fireflies with grandpa and snoozing on the couch.

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