Author Archives: muffybolding

I’ve been tagged on this fabulous book meme by just about everyone I know, so do it if you want — and if not? FUCK OFF, LADY. Rules: Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you’ve read … Continue reading →

My Husband Discovers Poetry Because my husband would not read my poems,I wrote one about how I did not love him.In lines of strict iambic pentameter,I detailed his coldness, his lack of humor.It felt good to do this. Stanza by … Continue reading →

And speaking about hair…every bastard in this country with thinning hair and a receding hairline needs to get down on his knees and thank the baby jesus for the ONE MAN who made it not only okay to lose your … Continue reading →

“Because we don’t know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number, really. How many more times will you remember … Continue reading →

From July, 2009: My brilliant, beautiful teenage daughter returned from a month-long backpacking trip through Europe yesterday — the same day that Los Angeles writer Greg Burk and attorney Deborah Drooz were notified that the body of their brilliant, beautiful … Continue reading →

Okay…do you all know that song, “Drops of Jupiter” by Train? Yeah, the one where those guys try their asses off to approximate the sound and soul of The Black Crowes — which isn’t really saying much, if you think … Continue reading →

I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So, I ran over and said, “Stop! Don’t do it!” “Why shouldn’t I?” he said. I said, “Well, there’s … Continue reading →

From September, 2009: You cannot believe the raging, relentless fires that currently surround my little family, my little house, and my little community. This is the real deal, my poppets. In an area that reportedly hasn’t had a really kickin’ … Continue reading →

From September, 2009: Despite sheltering under a mushroom cloud of biblical proportions for the entire past week — with 100 foot flames lapping at our fine asses every five — my little family and I are doing remarkably well. The … Continue reading →

“The Christian view that all intercourse outside marriage is immoral was, as we see in the passages of St. Paul, based upon the view that all sexual intercourse, even within marriage, is regrettable. A view of this sort, which goes … Continue reading →