by Erin MacNair | Jul 24, 2012 | Truly Embarrassing Tales, Welcome
All was quiet, right before a large projectile hit the back of my head. It was a glorious spring day, and my daughter and I were taking a stroll on Grandville Island. “AuuuuoooooooWTHEE!” I yelled, a mixture of ow and whathe? Someone had thrown a rock at me! Only it...
by Erin MacNair | Jul 16, 2012 | Truly Embarrassing Tales
“I really need to get Tom Cruise out of my life,” I recently complained to a friend. “He turns up in just about every conversation! I need to do a Tom Cruise cleanse, like a colonic irrigation. A flush. Completely get rid of him.” But… how?? I could tell people...
by Erin MacNair | Jul 8, 2012 | The Baffling
Quite recently I was in a liquor store (okay, I am there a lot) and I noticed a tip jar next to the counter. “Feeling Tipsy?” it asked me, a few coins gleaming from within. Huh? I need to tip someone, just for buying my beer? I pointed to the jar and asked the man,...
by Erin MacNair | Jul 1, 2012 | The Baffling
I am humming along in my car, slightly annoyed at having spent too much time at the hardware store, when an Enormous truck cuts me off. Not a normal sized truck, a Ford Gigantor or Ram Behemoth. Not only does he barely miss my bumper in his need to race out front, he...
by Erin MacNair | Jun 29, 2012 | Welcome, Written for the Momoir Project
Writing Workshop for Moms! A few years back, I had the opportunity to join a class called “The Momoir Project.” I wanted to record what the little moments of motherhood felt like, before I forgot them. I didn’t realize that a simple...
