Month: April 2007

homework is bad for parents

I spent my weekend proofing and re-proofing a paper on the world’s most boring topic Germany’s invasion of Crete. Do you know what an Aspie’s term paper looks like? “Number, date, number, city, number, fact, number.” Doug spent his weekend helping create a diorama of Germany’s invasion of Crete. “That’s not the right kind of […]

Farragut = Germantown

Memphis has Germantown and Knoxville has Farragut. I like Germantown and I like Farragut. They are beautiful and clean. When I am looking for a gift, I can always find a special shop with unique treasures in their communities. The enormous houses, gourmet groceries and designer clothes are the same in Farragut and Germantown. In […]

not in my backyard

While I consider myself a Tennessean, it would be more honest to say that I am from Memphis. I choose to live in East TN because I love the rolling hills surrounded by mountains. I love the way everyone knows everyone else through family and church connections. I like the fact that people talk to […]

politicians

I have always known that politicians treat everyone else like children. Some of them think they are helping those children who are too naive to know what’s in their best interest and others just think they need to control the naughty little children. They don’t believe Americans are capable of understanding the underlying motives for […]

frustrated

As predicted, siblings who are 6th grade or older can be grandfathered (except at the new HVHS) and the few neighborhoods who were very vocal (and financially strong) are going to be removed from the rezoning. This means that our tiny little corner of Morrell and Northshore will still be zoned to cross Morrell, cross […]

potty talk(ers)

Although I’ve been to enough concerts to see how often women use the men’s room, I have never been desperate enough to do so. Many years ago I was telling Doug about a conversation I had overheard in the ladies room when he informed me that you don’t “chat” in the men’s room. Last night, […]

balloons

I have a love/hate relationship with balloons. I love the way they look, floating and waving happily. I love the effect they have on children. They are festive, fun and relatively inexpensive. I’ve been to parties where the obscenely indulgent quantity of balloons created an other-worldly atmosphere of joy. Inevitably, a child will allow one […]

too tired to blog

My mind and body are drained of ability. In the past two weeks, I have learned about the uplifting good and depressingly bad sides of Knoxville politics and communities. I need to process and get beyond some of the raw wounds before I try to post my observations. Time for sleep now. Please, please send […]

Amy says

Sarah: “We’re painting a diversity mural in the hallway. It will have a lot of handprints around it.” Amy: “They’ll be all different colors.” I think it’s time to make the message more mature now America.