This post is part of a series inspired by prompts from the book 642 Things to Write About by the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. If you want to play along, write your own post (on your blog or other online forum) and post a link in the comments. I’ll add “shout-outs” at the end of my post […]
Ah, election season. The time when the gloves come off and people who I adore and who appear to adore me for 3 years and 9 months at a time all of a sudden lose all filters and start to question both my sanity and my intelligence. Good times. I am liberal. So very liberal. […]
I had an job interview last Friday (yay!) About 95% of it went great – exactly the kind of conversation that rises above the rigid Question and Answer format that makes me cringe as I pretend to have fascinating things to say about “a time when I faced a challenge and overcame it.” I mean, […]
Remember that saying – When the cat’s away, the mice will play? But what does the cat do when the mice leave?? My kids are away this week. They went to their grandparents’ house last Sunday and I am enthusiastically reclaiming them in two more days. Seven days. That’s the longest I have ever been […]
There are certain words I am cool with using to describe myself. Brunette. Mom. Daughter. Super awesome cool chick. Domestic goddess. Maybe writer. But I don’t like using that D word. I am not comfortable with describing myself in terms of what I am not. No longer a child. Never tall. Not athletic. No longer […]
My darling son wrote me a lovely letter for Mother’s Day. I love that kid. (I love his sister, too – she made me a beautiful sculpture of a flower out of a bar of Ivory Soap). The content of his letter was (and I apologize to him in advance if sharing this is inappropriate): […]
I started to tell you the dripping shower saga a few weeks ago. Last weekend, I broke down and called in the big guns. No, not the plumber. My Dad. He brought tools and a plan. Gotta love a man with a plan. And tools. His plan: Use a Dremel tool to grind a new […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Have you heard? Santa is coming. Good old Santa, who can make anything happen. Anything. Scads of parents across the globe are currently in the throes of panic as they attempt to find a way to make dreams of magic come true. Ways to make sure that […]
This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper – t.s. elliot Apparently at 10:33 AM on December 7th in West Chester a judge signed a piece of paper freeing me from the bonds of matrimony. […]
I have one of these. But I can’t wear it anymore. It’s a shame because it’s beautiful. But it is now inappropriate. And a little depressing. I peek at it from time to time. Snuggled up in its little box in the back of a drawer. After the moment of joy from looking at something […]
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