Literary healing
I need to say a heartfelt thanks to you all who have been so kind and supportive these last few weeks. There is some shame and some gamble in letting it all hang out there, to call it what it is and hope that no one reading here will pass judgment on my decision to [...]
Annual Performance Review
I am shamelessly borrowing Mark Bazer of the Chicago Trib’s piece called Spousal Review. What better way to kick off the Spring season than with blatant judgment and acerbic commentary on one’s domestic relationships?
Apparently Mark and his wife have found some sort of connubial equilibrium by,
“each keeping a notebook in which we record all the [...]
Wednesday’s Wandering
Okay, so it’s Wednesday, match day. I’m on the tennis court in a town forty-five minutes away so my post will be brief and frivolous. And since I was forced to watch Idol alone (My Better Half thinks he’s above it and my kids were in bed), I’m just going to scream this one…..DAVID COOK!!!!!
I [...]
Bottom of the Tank
It dawns another ugly gray March day, depressing in its raw hopelessness. It’s supposed to be the advent of Spring. I feel betrayed. Where is my sunshine, my crisp breeze, where are the damn daffodils?
Admittedly, even without Mother Nature’s cruel withholding, I’d still be feeling pretty bleak today. Probably a culmination of two whole [...]
Word Wizards
Today I meme. It’s a literature-meme, so I’m excited…
Mizmell has tagged me and I am supposed to grab the book nearest to my left elbow and open to page 123. I am to find the fifth sentence on the page and copy the next three sentences after the fifth here in this blog. And while [...]
Weekend
I am not a very nice person when I’ve been a single parent for a five day stretch and I’m also not a very good writer at the end of such an exhausting stint. So I’m going to take it easy today and just do a sort of weekend round-up. Here are some good things [...]
A Slow Poignant Burn
I am restored
It’s about time I shared something joyful. ‘Tis the season, after all. So I will tell you about a certain Christmas gift that is so dear and thoughtful and all together excellent that it makes me want to weep. (I especially feel like crying because it’s NOT a gift for me. I can own [...]
Ode to Tallulah
To my copper penny companion
The canine sprite, lithe and lean
Leaving brown patches of urine
In the dry grass of Autumn,
You of the mountain goat grace
And drooling enthusiasms
For such things as garbage can spelunking
And excavating large holes in the perennial bed
Are at once pure happiness and the source of my despair.
There are few that are forgiven for [...]
glimmer of profundity
I know, I know, I’ve fallen off the grid and who could blame you loyal fans, all twelve of you, for going elsewhere? Five days with nothing new to say is a long, long time in the blogosphere.
But I have just one thing to share today, one glimmer of profundity that has made its way [...]
