One of my recurring anxiety dreams involves needing to pack up an entire apartment, but I’m running out of time and space in my luggage. Last night, I was in dream Chicago and was going to miss my flight, and the person traveling with me with hadn’t even started packing! Then the dream took aContinue reading “Problem solved”
Author Archives: Kari Neumeyer
Wherever I go, there I am
I’m experiencing some travel paralysis. After we got back from Hawaii, I fantasized about visiting beachy places in Mexico, but that didn’t speak to Rob. Last week, he ruled out the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica. Apparently, all Spanish-speaking places are out. Brazil, on the other hand, is OK, because they speak Portuguese there. Rob’sContinue reading “Wherever I go, there I am”
More misadventures of the Leo Bug
Tonight I will be reading an excerpt from Smiley Bird: A memoir of Isis, which begins with “Isis was like those children who misbehave in school because they’re TOO smart.” What’s Leo’s excuse? A month ago, I was so proud of my boy for how well he was doing in daycare and school. He wasContinue reading “More misadventures of the Leo Bug”
Working Title
One of the assignments in my memoir class was to write a eulogy for someone in our story. The person didn’t have to be dead, but my main character happens to be, so it made sense to eulogize Isis. A classmate said he found my Eulogy for Isis very touching and he hoped I wouldContinue reading “Working Title”
Big Leo goes back to school
Leo turns two years old tomorrow. I still call him “The Puppy.” He weighs about 100 pounds. When we pick him up from daycare, they call for “Big Leo” to be brought up front. This amuses us much more than hearing him referred to as “Leo N.” Probably because we remember him as the rolyContinue reading “Big Leo goes back to school”
Katniss, the best thing since Buffy
In my earlier post, Girls who kick ass, I disclosed my attempts to impersonate female superheroes. Last year, Rob and I listened to the audio book for The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines, and actually, that’s when I decided to dress up as Wonder Woman for Halloween. But it depressedContinue reading “Katniss, the best thing since Buffy”
Girls who kick ass
Rob and I like to dress up as superheroes for Halloween. In 2004, we were Rogue and Wolverine. From the X-Men movie, not the comic, because Rogue’s comic book hairstyle doesn’t translate so well to real life. The next time we dressed up was in 2008, and I was Elektra. In 2009, Rob wanted toContinue reading “Girls who kick ass”
Anakin Skywalker: It’s Complicated
The original Star Wars movies are so firmly enmeshed in my childhood that I cannot write about them objectively. Generations of film geeks already have analyzed the series on so deep a level that nothing I can say could possibly be original. As Luke Skywalker says at the end of Empire, “It’s ImPOSSible!” Rob andContinue reading “Anakin Skywalker: It’s Complicated”
Scents Memory
While I was having my twice-weekly massage (I know, you feel really sorry for me after my accident, don’t you? But honestly, the aches and pains in my head and neck have been so bad the massage is necessary medicine.), the therapist asked if I’d like to try some aromatherapy. She said she had aContinue reading “Scents Memory”
Legends of the family
Our latest assignment in memoir class is to take a well-worn family story, told so often it has a punchline and fits neatly into a little box, and upend it by asking questions, giving more context and unraveling all the threads that made it fit so nicely into that little box. The challenge is thatContinue reading “Legends of the family”
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