Yesterday was the last day of teaching for the summer. Hurray. My daughters took a stilt building/walking class. I don’t know what actually possessed me to give them the tools to make themselves six feet tall. Now Bella is refusing to be the flower girl in my brother’s wedding unless she can wear them. I’m tired of being a single parent. I told her she could pack them and then my new sister in law can deal with her. It's possible she will be on to a new thing by October like maybe the unicycle on the front porch. My girls are now trained in all areas of circus performing.

I'm on the fourth read through Richard Silken’s “Crush” so I can fairly counter Charlie’s claim that it is better than a “Clerk’s Tale.” I like them both but “Crush” feels more manipulated to me and there’s strength in Spencer’s work b/c he writes with a gentleness that Silken does not have. To quote my grandmother, it takes a hell of a lot more “presence” to walk quietly into a room and be noticed then to barge into the room and get everyone’s attention.

If you have read them both which one do you like better? Please don’t tell me both because that’s just annoying;)