how August is like a maid

June and July blew through like giddy old friends from out of town. And they made our house feel like home for a while, shared their beautiful memory-making stories. And some heartbreaking, life-changing ones, too. It has been a fast summer, and I don’t want to...

four wears a tuxedo

Since my post about the circle calendar, I have read a little more about synesthesia. I discovered another thing I do that I never really realized until now: my numbers have a personality. Not only do I see them in color in my mind, I see them as people. I know. But I...

in which i prove my crazy

Last night, I read/watched this post by Laura Frantz. In it, she describes how she recently discovered that her daughter associates each letter of the alphabet with a color. So I’m thinking, Doesn’t everyone do that? But when Laura seemed surprised about...