Do you know those people who seem too good to be true? Or who are so extraordinary, you find yourself thinking “really?” As in “Really? You cured cancer while climbing Mt. Everest with prosthetic legs and a homeless Sherpa strapped to your back?” “Really?” So right, I know those people, and many of them…Continue Reading
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Weekend Wiki
The other day I sat on a double-decker party bus and wanted to go home. I wanted my husband on a couch with a movie, a double-ply goose down blanket and probably a pizza. I wanted a hammock in the sun and wind and time. I wanted to stop wanting. Instead, I arranged my face…Continue Reading
Fashion for the Clueless
I understand your confusion, but this is not me. (Photo from here) Tonight I’m attending the Poppy Boutique grand opening with my friend, Morgan. And the second I discovered we’d be going together, I emailed her and said, “Hey! You should style me in Poppy Boutique clothes! It’ll be real fun for you!”…Continue Reading
Good Movies That Aren’t Blockbusters
Re-posting this…because I want a good movie and I’m sick of all the usual suspects… {After hearing from several people that they’ve seen these movies, I’m going to deny that I’m hopelessly out of touch and instead re-name this post to: Non-Blockbuster Movies That You Might Want to See Again, like Box of Moonlight.)…Continue Reading
Poor Math Skills Equals PMS
“OK. Count by twos…what’s missing? BLANK 54, 56, 58, BLANK. What’s missing? What NUMBER? What number is MISSING? BLANK, 54, 56, 58, MOTHER EFFING BLANK. It’s not that hard. Fifty-tttttttttttwwwwwwwwoooo. 54, 56, 58, sixxxxxxxxxttttyyyy—- Oh forget IT! You’re all hopeless. Get ready to go to the dumb farm.” *************************** “For God’s sakes! What’s…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #165: It’s Divine
Write a letter forgiving someone/some people for something they did. You never have to show it to him/her/it. But write it anyway. First time to PROMPTuesday? Read a bit about it here. Want to see what’s been written in the past? Catch up on the PROMPTuesdays archive here.
Helping the Help
I’ve recently been given a project that will take me 22 years to complete, minimum, and it’s due in two weeks. I took the workload on late last month, and according to my math-sucks-butt calculations, I would definitely be able to finish it all by the October 9 deadline. However, using my husband’s constantly-doing-math-in-his-head-JUST-FOR-FUN arithmetic,…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #164: Reading Club
Let’s make it Book Review Day! Here’s one I wrote for The Book Thief awhile ago. You do one too! Or if you’ve already written one, link it up here. First time to PROMPTuesday? Read a bit about it here. Want to see what’s been written in the past? Catch up on the…Continue Reading
This is for You Writers
The Writer’s Manifesto from Goins, Writer. Normally, I’d put a short post like this in my sidebar, but this is important and divine and should be front and center. I hope it resonates.
The Sprint Navigator Experience
{{Re-posting.}} A few months ago, my husband and I canceled our seemingly lifelong Verizon Wireless membership and switched over to Sprint. I know. It’s just that we heard Sprint was much more affordable and had improved service. Over say, the really crappy service it offered before. Which is like saying Britney Spears…Continue Reading
The Blackout
I think the microwave clock read 4:24. My daughter noticed it first. Black where the numbers should be. “The power went out.” She jumped up and down, giddy. She’d been waiting for this day since last summer’s blackout. She’d loved every dark minute — the neighbor’s pool, the Chili’s dinner, the candlelight…Continue Reading
The Day
There was this one day. Before I knew it was one of the final days, but after I began to think it might be. My mom was confined to her bed, and we all thought she’d be up again. I’d come home to San Francisco from Los Angeles, a little drunk because I hate to…Continue Reading
