Fall Walks and First Frost
The weather has been very nice the past two days, and I’ve been trying to walk every day. I also have been trying to lift weights every day and do […]
Category Archives: Writing
Shear Madness
I’ve spent the past couple days tinkering with my kids’ hair. I first tried out my new clippers and shears last Thursday night. I worked on my oldest on and off […]
Something New, Anything New
Lately, I’ve been staring down a multiple-choice quiz. It’s actually just one question, and it goes like this: 1. What should I do now? a) Get a puppy. b) Have […]
Question Everything
I’m coming to you live from the Lady Lair tm. I’ve got my chair, my lamp, my laptop, and my latte. I can already tell that I’m never going to […]
Thrifty Tuesday and a Room of My Own
So I’ve never read anything by Virginia Woolf. One of many gaps in my English major education. But she wrote the essay A Room of One’s Own, which is about […]
Eat, Write, Love
What I’ve been up to: Staring at all my green tomatoes and willing them to ripen. Submitting an essay to Real Simple magazine’s annual Life Lessons essay contest. This year’s theme was: […]
100% Fun
Let’s just talk about fun stuff this cloudy cool Friday. 1. How about frugal travel to California. 2. Speaking of California, my song of the week, Goodnight, California, by Kathleen […]
You Down with OPP?
Other People’s Poetry? Here is a favorite: “The Dead Are in My Living Room,” by Joe Weil
Untitled Villanelle
I ended up with an eyebrow ring but no law degree. Not that the persona is me, but just sayin’. It is definitely funny taking a look back at what […]
House of Girls
I have been going through poetry I wrote several years ago when I was going to school for a master’s in English (which I never finished). I’ll be posting most […]
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