I didn’t expect to live there long. We never stayed in one place. Maybe a year at the most, and so I remained unsettled. Not in a bad way so much, more like a hummingbird moves from petal to petal, finding nectar in each color, yet keeping in flight, ready to dispatch itself any…Continue Reading
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PROMPTuesday #54: Stay Classic
I’ll just put it out there this week: What was your favorite toy as a child? Write a vignette about playing with it. (What did you feel? Who were you with? Where did you live?) Let’s hopelessly date ourselves with this one. What do ya say? Meanwhile, for any new readers,…Continue Reading
It Had To Be Done (In Spite of the Zits)
Do you know that Mom’s Nite Out thing I’ve been talking about all over the place? Well, because It’s something close to my heart, so I’ve made you the below video to explain why it means so much to me. And because I feel SO strongly about the healing nature of girl time, I…Continue Reading
Writerly McWriterson
My friend, Eden, is among 100 semifinalists who’ve been selected for the next round of the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Now she’s in the quarterfinals and would love reviews of her first chapter. Partially based on these reviews, Amazon will announce three finalists for the Grand Prize on May 15. Eden is…Continue Reading
Not What It Seems
I think I’ve said before that I consider myself perceptive. I like to think I have people’s number at first sight, and after I internally sum someone up I confidently tell The Rock what “I know” about the person. “Oh, they’re bluffing,” I often say about buffons, for instance. “All bark and no bite. Very…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #53: Hark! Who Went There?
These lovely and haunting photos came from my friend, Da Goddess, whose pictoral mastery inspired today’s PROMPT. I don’t want to lead you so much this week, as I want these photos to elicit a reaction that you explore with a story or a poem. So for PROMPTuesday #53 (Holy almost 100 sorta!),…Continue Reading
Shades of Gray
Despite resistance from my non-linear brain, I like to be organized. I despise clutter and for mental sanity, need everything in its place. However, nothing has a place in my home, because I am unable to classify stuff. In addition, I am genetically engineering to be unorganized. Actually, I believe that my brain is not…Continue Reading
Taking a Chance
(Top): Aaryn, Me. (Bottom): Jenn, Cheri, Jamie, Kate. So last year around this time, I didn’t know many people online. And because I tend to shun attention, I didn’t put myself out there. Too shy. Insecure. Nervous about my sensible shoes. But then, Cheri invited me to attend Kate’s house for the Bossy…Continue Reading
Kurt
He was the first I knew of romantic love. Those beginning hours and days, for that’s all it turned out to be in truth, imposed a gentle panic on my life. When would I see him again? Does he really love me? Is he coming back? I drank up every single saccharin word he blabbered,…Continue Reading
Wordlessness Doesn’t Run in the Family
Toots says “Happy Earth Day, everybody!” …And she also says: Happy Beak Heart Day! And… Happy Graffiti Spider Femme Day! Also… Happy Picasso Day! In addition and finally… Happy LoveBob BoobHead Day!
Rite of Passage
I don’t know that this qualifies as a travel adventure per se, but I was in another country when it happened, so I’m going with it. It was the eve of my 19th birthday and my crazy, crimped-haired friend, Shana, decided we must celebrate in Mexico. Tijuana to be exact. Now, we’d been to…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #52: Craziest Travel Adventure
Have I done this one before? I’m way too tied up with my soy taquitos to check. Also, The Rock has raging infections in both eyes and I’m trying to nurse him back to health by sitting way over here at the kitchen table while berating him to wash his hands and not fling bacteria…Continue Reading
