Laura’s Notes from the Handbasket

  This is what my idea of the Rejection Beast looks like. Sharp-clawed and powerful. Enigmatic, fearsome, yet oddly charismatic. Decorated with gold, and rather magnificent. This is the beast we encounter whenever we choose to live in the world instead of hide from it. The Rejection Beast, always slavering, loves to gamble with us. Sometimes we win …Read More

A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. –Honore de Balzac My mom has always been the fun mom. When we were kids, she played with us, and she loves to play with her grandchildren. She’s the kind of mom …Read More

        It’s been a long week. Here are some easy-on-the-brain links 🙃: Have you seen the photos of the ginormous sea creature that washed up in Indonesia? This is wild. Big dinosaur news: A nodosaur has been unearthed in all its spiky glory. Amazing. OSCAR DE LA RENTA stamps! They are fabulous. When …Read More