Author Archives: Catherine

Because we're still celebrating Bodily Function Week chez nous, I pose a rhetorical question: What's more fun, helping a toddler vomit or having a toddler help you vomit? Okay, it's not actually rhetorical and I know the answer from personal … Continue reading →

Have you ever had a run of piss-related incidents that made you feel like a deranged installation artist has taken your entire house and dunked it in a giant glass of piss, like the infamous "Piss Christ" ? No? Just … Continue reading →

We came back from Minneapolis lo these three weeks ago, expecting the worst mouse-wise. The cat was literally away, after all. I dreaded especially little rotten mouse corpses in the "live" traps (I couldn't remember whether I secured them or … Continue reading →

A while back a friend described herself, about one week after the birth of her first child. She said, "I stumbled into a La Leche meeting, crying, with breasts of granite…."' This phrase, "breasts of granite" ran through my head … Continue reading →

The other day Ben came home with a form of ice cream that contains frozen chocolate chip cookie dough. I'm not really a fan of it as I find it too grainy, but I ate a few bites anyway, just … Continue reading →

Elias has neatly divided the animal kingdom into two groups: those who roar and those who meow. This is not as easy as it might seem. Sure, you say, lions roar. Sure, kittens meow. But what do you do about … Continue reading →

There's no more room for denial: we have mice. Sure, you can tell yourself that perhaps… just maybe… someone has been playing with black licorice sprinkles on the counter. Or maybe, just maybe there's a tiny Thumbelina-sized Carmen, sneaking in … Continue reading →

When I was in grad school, my friend, internationally renowned poet and soon-to-be bride Elline Lipkin , and I both noticed a missing term in the English language. The term was for that sensation when you've been to the hair … Continue reading →

One of the many benefits of being awoken two to three hours before dawn each morning, and then kept awake until well after sunrise, is getting to see Venus rising. It's really stunning. It's like, you take the five brightest … Continue reading →

Working as a team, I do believe our boys could totally prevent me from sleeping whatsoever. They tend to alternate, such that they each get plenty of rest while I get little. Last night, I was thinking about this while … Continue reading →