shriekhouse wrote 4 days ago: When my copy of Kate Inglis’ The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods arrived in my mailbox th … more →
shriekhouse wrote 1 week ago: None of us are perfectly symmetrical. Our strengths are unilateral, our weaknesses uneven. Nowhere i … more →
shriekhouse wrote 1 week ago: They say all our cells are replaced within a seven year period, which, if it’s true, means my … more →
shriekhouse wrote 4 weeks ago: I remember the ultrasound when I found out my youngest child was a boy. Mixed in with the joy of see … more →
shriekhouse wrote 1 month ago: It’s been a while, but returning now in all their, uh, effervescent splendor, thinky thots fro … more →
shriekhouse wrote 1 month ago: I couldn’t resist playing along, partly because I desperately want to win a signed copy of The … more →
shriekhouse wrote 1 month ago: One always hears about the calm before the storm, but our personal little disaster seems to have hap … more →
shriekhouse wrote 1 month ago: The last few weeks I’ve been doing a pretty decent job of pretending my world isn’t abou … more →
shriekhouse wrote 1 month ago: Most of the time you’re a good sleeper, curled around your stuffed dog, your hair damp with dr … more →
shriekhouse wrote 2 months ago: Thirty days hath September, which means today’s post is my last for NaBloPoMo, National Blog P … more →
shriekhouse wrote 2 months ago: Last night, Shriekeur, in all his 3-year-old glory, was up every two minutes needing something. You … more →
shriekhouse wrote 2 months ago: Today in bullets: • Project No Yelling is going quite well, I haven’t shouted at the kids at a … more →
shriekhouse wrote 2 months ago: Today I had a day out, to myself, on my own, doing grown-up things. I’m so happily exhausted I … more →
shriekhouse wrote 2 months ago: Driving around with my daughter at sunset, windows rolled down, stereo cranked up, singing at the to … more →
shriekhouse wrote 2 months ago: I’ve never thought of myself as a yeller. In fact, I’ve mainly been a pretty meek and mi … more →
shriekhouse wrote 2 months ago: More gems from my genius offspring: “How ’bout dis, Mama? YOU get a shot, and I NOT get … more →
shriekhouse wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday I spent the better part of ten minutes panicking that the ignition in my car was busted. W … more →
shriekhouse wrote 2 months ago: I just spent the last three hours — yes, three — writing and rewriting a cover letter. It’s tr … more →
shriekhouse wrote 2 months ago: I totally botched the school drop off today. I took an extra two minutes to finish my coffee, then p … more →