Segullah

Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured

Naturally

Lucie (age 4) came in the the back door with her hat wadded up in a ball, looked up, and whispered, “Mom, I’ve got NATURE in here!” “Nature?” I asked, “What kind of nature?” “Black Nature.” “Oh. Is it a black stick?” “No, it’s a black ant. /Nature/. Can I take it inside?” “No,” I [...]

A Short Biography

Lucie (age 4) “Mom, let’s play that cave game — that cave where Jesus was born. You can be Mary and I can be Joseph, because Mary had really long hair and Joseph had short, short hair. And Mary was taller than Joseph. That’s why he had that stick, because he was so short. And [...]

If you Happen to Catch the Palsy

The trouble with being cosmetically disabled is that it is easy to forget.

Do you make of the costumes?

True story. A woman named Claudia called the other day and in a thick Peruvian accent said, “I hear you make of the costumes?”

You’re famous (by association)

Ok, so maybe not “famous,” since I’m not famous. But I was on NPR the other day, reading an essay I wrote as part of the Listener Commentary series. And since you know Segullah, and I know Segullah, you therefore know me. Kind of. And with that, here are a vicarious fifteen minutes of broadcast [...]

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