by Monica Wiant | Aug 13, 2006 | Uncategorized
This has been a crazy week.Many unwritten blogs have come and gone, fluttering into my consciousness, and then away just as quickly. Hummingbirdlike.Some were funny. Some were poignant. There was an angry story in there, but I couldn’t bring myself to write...
by Monica Wiant | Aug 5, 2006 | Uncategorized
‘Tis the weekend of Hot August Nights.Hot August Nights is Reno’s big tourist frenzy. The population of the town triples, taking us from the “Biggest Little City in the World” to “A Moderately Big City With Crappy...
by Monica Wiant | Jul 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
Homer Simpson: All right, brain, you don’t like me and I don’t like you, but let’s get me through this, and I can get back to slowly killing you with beer.”Homer’s Brain: It’s a deal!Replace the word “brain” with...
by Monica Wiant | Jul 24, 2006 | Uncategorized
Dear Little Thing,I don’t know who or what you are, but it’s time you learned about me.I came to live with Sam and Monica during the summer of 1999. I’m not proud to say this, but I was living in a cardboard box at a trailer park in Winnemucca,...
by Monica Wiant | Jul 13, 2006 | Uncategorized
Sam’s family, thanks to his great-grandfather’s handiness, are the proud owners of a lake cabin in southern Montana. It’s shared among a smattering of extended family, so it runs like a timeshare without the swindling or free dinner coupons. The...
by Monica Wiant | Jun 29, 2006 | Uncategorized
I had a great doctor’s visit today. It looks like the potpourri of drugs have been doing exactly what they’re supposed to. My womb is a friendly, happy place, with one healthy little egg on its way to maturity.What does this all mean? I won’t be...
