In The Space Between: Mercury Retrograde Opportunities

I’m sitting in a crowded room. It’s time.  I stand and clear my throat.  My voice is a stalled engine but I try again.  “Uuuuuuuhhhhhhhmmm.”  Then I say:
“Hello, my name is Staci.  I’m from California and I like Astrology.”
The group answers in unison, “Hello, Staci.  Welcome.”
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My tweenage daughter pushes her palm toward me, “Mom.  ‘Mercury is in Retrograde’ [...]

Email Eavesdropping

While I enjoy humor I’m not particularly witty.  Luckily, my husband and sister-in-law graciously allow me to sit near them at family gatherings so I can benefit from their constant quest to make the other one laugh hardest.
Recently they expanded their conversations to email and once again took pity on me with a cc.  It wasn’t long before I started pestering them to [...]

Bears and sugar pills*

Like a “typical” Northern Californian Mama, I seek a variety of healthcare for my children. When it comes to alternative medicine, my husband and I part company at homeopathy. I like it. He refers to it as “sugar pills”. Tonight over homework, my son and I replayed today’s homeopathy visit with gusto for my husband.
son [...]