In the last hour, we have attempted to burn the house down, twice. There's blame all around, on both counts ( Read more... )

I've agonized over this one, a bit, because I was worried that you, my dear Katherine, wouldn't understand, and would think it was some bizarre, roundabout way of hitting on you. It's not that I doubt your ability to understand metaphor, I just don't want there to be that little lingering doubt that might make things uncomfortable. Then I was ( Read more... )