Tag: marriage

  • A wealth of affection

    A wealth of affection

      I fell asleep in my desk chair last night. Not sure why – it hadn’t been a strenuous day. But I was awakened by the First Reader poking me and saying “go to bed.” I demurred, and he said “no, you fell asleep sitting up. Bed.”  There are things to be said for having…

  • Pull Up Your Socks and Get to Work

    Pull Up Your Socks and Get to Work

    I’m a big fan of wool socks. I’m not sure when my love affair with thick, warm, wicking socks began, but probably some time in my teens when I realized that although cotton socks with colorful creatures on them are cute, there’s nothing like wool socks for keeping your feet warm and dry in the…

  • The Peril of Niceness

    The Peril of Niceness

    The First Reader and I started out our day with a small conversation, but it was more of a running topic we’ve mulled over together for years, now. Probably from even before he and I got together. The topic is something along the lines of ‘nice guys finish last’ and (get your minds out of…

  • Love is… Marriage

    Love is… Marriage

    Sometimes it’s the little things, the quiet moments. The sigh of contentment after a long day when you finally have nothing to do but sit. The look on his face when I come in the door after work. The noise he makes when I scratch his back without being asked. The time we get to…

  • Labor of Love

    Labor of Love

    Two years ago today the First Reader and I stood together under a shade tree and pledged our vows to one another. The day after, we had a rowdy unorthodox celebration in the gardens before a convention, leaping a sword to signify broken ties to all others but one another, our hands linked as we…

  • Contentment

    Contentment

    As I was getting ready to write this post, and planning out my day, the thunderstorm that had been predicted moved over our house. I had to take a moment to go out and watch. The pouring rain, the growl of thunder… just as I came in, the lightning and thunder were growing louder and…

  • Home Executive: The Foundation

    Home Executive: The Foundation

    I promised that I would talk about why I have been writing this series, and the principles behind why I do what I do… But it’s not an easy thing for me to write about. For all that I probably look like I splay my life out here, for all to see, there’s a lot…

  • Curmudgeon’s Corner: The Ring

    Curmudgeon’s Corner: The Ring

    Written by Sanford Begley Rings have a long history of significance in human culture. Whether as signs of wealth or insignia, or tokens of magic and love. They are so significant in northern European culture that one of the old names for a chieftain is Ring-Breaker. That is one who breaks a ring off his…

  • It Was Never Enough

    It Was Never Enough

    There are moments I have wished I were stupid. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think I’m a genius. I know I’m not, as a matter of fact. I have some pretty major flaws in my intelligence (we aren’t talking about my character, here!). But I know I’m pretty smart. Smarter than average and smarter…