“Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up.”
George Saunders
I made a big mistake the other night. I took Fig’s diaper off and let her dance around the living-room in her birthday suit. It was just before the girls’ bath and she was only going to be naked for a few [...]
“I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.”
Oprah Winfrey
I’ve never been a shoe-girl. I can think of one pair of slick black boots that I had a lengthy love affair with, but it ended badly when Lefty’s seam split up the back. I still compare new [...]
“Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.”
Ambrose Bierce
My daughter is a furnace. It’s Fall; people are starting to wear toques on their heads and Pip still wants to wear shorts and a t-shirt when she goes outdoors. She doesn’t like the feeling of clothes on her [...]