Kangatopia

Today, we woke up early, took showers, ate breakfast, collected the share car, and made our way across the Golden Gate Bridge. We ate lunch at Denny’s in Corte Madera (Marin County, which is more or less the Land of Eternal Summer) and then doubled back to Sausalito. Amazingly, there were places to park in [...]

Kanga and the kids arrived in San Francisco yesterday evening. First, let me say that I cannot believe that they actually agreed to come. Second, let me say that since they did agree to come, how grateful I am that I didn’t have to make a trek to Texas in the freaking summer [...]

This may sound ridiculous, and so it will. But, I am pretty damn tired of trying to fit myself into the expectations I believe are focused on someone like me – single mom, three little kids. Tonight I accidentally reminded myself of who I thought I once was, and found that I don’t [...]

It’s as if the biggest mother of all paradigms has shifted or no one knows what the inside of the box looks like anymore or the Second Coming has just bought a chartered flight or the time space continuum has experienced a little tampering.
It’s the rain. It’s been raining for days, weeks (or feels [...]

It is, perhaps, a good thing that even though I rode yesterday evening, I am experiencing a certain amount of sorrow that I was unable to ride tonight. My rides of late haven’t felt particularly productive. The stats are supporting the impression. Of course, I may only want to ride right now [...]

A year ago today (which since this is also the summer solstice, I am hopeful that this all means something in a profound, mystic sort of way), I wrote a vague little bit in this blog about ****. (I’m not supposed to write about him here anymore so I’ve been a little evasive on [...]

I want to update, I swear. But, right now, I am so damn sleepy I can barely keep the weight of my head from snapping my neck when it lolls to the side.
Is lolls really a word? Indeed, it is. I just looked it up. It is a funny word, isn’t [...]

Yesterday, I was driving the kids home after picking them up from daycare. Winston was behind me, Monkey on the passenger side (in the back) and Bear in the middle. Monkey and Bear had picked up the pace in sibling rivalry and constant bickering, so they’re well into this particular practice when it [...]

I’ve now ridden three days in a row. Not fast, horribly slow in truth, but still the riding is good. Without it I would be in horrible physical condition and a complete basket case.
Wow. I wrote that first bit 20 minutes ago, I think. While sitting here trying to figure which [...]

Once when I was about 6, I was playing with the little girl next door. Sitting on her floor and leaning on my hands with the palms pressed against the carpet, I realized that she was looking at me with a mildly disgusted look on her face. “Stop doing that with your arms,” [...]