Brief History of Bun

The care and feeding of the impossibly small

Random Crap Generator

The odds and sods of this and that

The Cancer Chronicles

An accounting of my father and his resident alien

The Chicken Saga

An accounting of my folly with fowl

The Ascent of Boy

Person rearing for amateurs

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Hello Luxury, Goodbye Paradise Part 4
February 24, 2010 – 12:03 pm | One Comment
Hello Luxury, Goodbye Paradise Part 4

We rediscovered our favorite chicken place on the opposite side of town from where it had been a few years earlier. Sayulita is magical like that–things open and close, move with no warning, change and …

Hello Luxury, Goodbye Paradise Part 3
February 23, 2010 – 10:38 am | 3 Comments
Hello Luxury, Goodbye Paradise Part 3

The brochure for Punta Sayulita was left behind in the house that we rented, living in the stack of airport magazines abandoned by previous visitors, and my husband, always on the lookout for a new …

Hello Luxury, Goodbye Paradise Part 2
February 18, 2010 – 1:53 pm | One Comment
Hello Luxury, Goodbye Paradise Part 2

As a private residential community of just 62 exotic and handcrafted homes, this serene Mexican hideaway will also offer its residents a stunning Beach and Surf Club designed by de Reus Architects with an engaging …

Hello Luxury, Goodbye Paradise Part 1
February 15, 2010 – 10:34 pm | One Comment
Hello Luxury, Goodbye Paradise Part 1

A stone’s throw from the allure of Sayulita, there is an unspoiled 33-acre peninsula of lush and tranquil shoreline. Upon this romantic sweep of coast, amidst a tropical jungle thick with wild orchids, mangoes, tamarindos …

Dear Travel Czar,
January 26, 2010 – 10:40 am | One Comment
Dear Travel Czar,

When we heard that another terrorist attempt had taken place on a plane descending for Detroit on Christmas day, we had just decided to take a trip to Mexico. Immediately I began crunching the numbers …

Going on Safari With the Wildebeests of Long Beach
January 7, 2010 – 12:34 pm | 4 Comments
Going on Safari With the Wildebeests of Long Beach

It was about the time that I began critiquing the fashion choices of our fellow passengers in the Long Beach Airport that I realized I may have reached my limit for what the brain could …

The Quarter and the Charitable Spirit
December 10, 2009 – 11:26 pm | No Comment
The Quarter and the Charitable Spirit

My son and I went to New Orleans last January to visit his papa while he was working there for an extended period. The day before our flight, our son spiked with a fever of …

Shanghaiing the Son
August 8, 2009 – 12:04 pm | No Comment
Shanghaiing the Son

One doesn’t want to leave it to a five-year-old to convince the border agent that you’re his mother, but sometimes that’s the only way to roll.

The Small Naked Drunk Man in the Bottom of My Bag
December 2, 2005 – 1:33 pm | 2 Comments
The Small Naked Drunk Man in the Bottom of My Bag

When my husband and I were footloose and fancy-free, we took a belated honeymoon to Italy. It was several years after we were married but no less sweet, and we embraced all the pleasures Italia …

Vegas, Baby
May 18, 2005 – 3:12 pm | No Comment

Went to Vegas for a wedding with the tot. Now he’s running around the house with a pair of my panties on his head.
Coincidence? You be the judge.
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Things I saw in BC:
October 14, 2003 – 10:39 pm | No Comment

Dereliction.
My brother.
His new gal.
A man walking down the street with a baby seat in one hand and a moose antler in the other.Once you get to that “I can’t pull on my undies without tipping …

When the Mistress of Slumber Eludes Us
October 11, 2003 – 5:44 am | No Comment

The husband and I are taking a little road trip, so today, more than ever, I should try to sleep as much as possible. And yet, here I sit.
This road trip is of great concern. …