I went to college in a smallish midwestern city with a gorgeous lakefront, gritty urban streets, and crazy lunatics roaming the alleys (campus was two blocks from the Rescue Mission, a psychiatric hospital, and the Pabst Mansion open to the drunk public). Most of my classes were held next to the Y on the city’s…Continue Reading
Archives for May 2010
Eyes Wide Open (UPDATED!)
STACY won the Sony Digital Camera! Toots at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Create little girl. Create and explore and discover and trot into this wonderful world wanting to know more. Earlier this year Toots went on a field trip to get to know our community. This meant visits to…Continue Reading
Here We Go Again
Remember this? Well it all worked out, thank the heavens. Seems Blue Shield read my blog and got me in touch with a smart person. But now? A medical bill has been put up for collection due to an admin snafu and when I called the collection agency to dispute it, I had…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #108: The Etiquette of It All
(Inspired by Mama Mary…) You know how you’re driving, and the a-hole behind you is riding your butt, and you’re trying to put some space between the two of you but every time you speed up, they speed up? And then they angrily whip around your car and give you a look because apparently,…Continue Reading
Close Encounter
My pastoral backyard. Where probably killer rabbits and diabolical rattlers abound. I have a friend who is a biologist. She’s taken me on the most delightful adventures where we encounter all manner of wildlife that I ran away from and bitch about, much to her chagrin. The time we went hiking in the…Continue Reading
Snippet
He didn’t care, just didn’t care. They could do whatever they wanted. Didn’t bother him. Not one bit. He averted his eyes as they walked past, pretending to be absorbed in the kid’s street basketball game. They probably didn’t spend enough time with their kids anyway. He bet they didn’t. “Hi Ben!” Someone called.…Continue Reading
A Slight Interlude
Lots to update on! But! Because I only have one minute…let’s play a game! I did this last night on Twitter because… Hmmmm. {{{{Thinking…}}}} Well turns out that like most things in my life, I don’t know why I did it. So meanwhile! Watch this pretend pendulum swing and…Continue Reading
Smarter Than a Kindergartner
Yesterday at the breakfast table, Toots looked up from her Cheerios with a sudden urge to tell me: Mom! You DO NOT want to get into a fight with Abraham Lincoln! To which I non-thinkingly replied: Why? Because he’s dead? Prompting her to roll her eyes and say: No! Because if you disagree…Continue Reading
A Sorta Tale of Two Left Feet
I was a moony kid. At the tender age of six or seven, I’d be found under a tree, looking through the branches at the clouds in some deep daze it took 85 mom-shouted “DEBORAHS!” to shake me out of. I read books while I walked to school, inadvertently wandering off the curb and…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #107: Not Flying in the V Formation
Plain and simple, here’s this week’s PROMPTuesday creative writing prompt: When is the first (or last) time you felt like a square peg in a round hole? Post your submission in the comments OR post in your blog and leave a link to your blog in the comments. First time to PROMPTuesday?…Continue Reading
The Knowing
I’ve previously alluded to the fact that I once attended a “psychic party” in 1995 Chicago, where a group of us girls paid to have our past, present, and futures read by a reverend who had ESP abilities, right? I say “alluded” because for some reason, I don’t like to talk about it much even…Continue Reading
Groundhog Day with Blue Shield of California
A bit of background: My new insurance plan with Blue Shield of California was effective April 1. My premium was $589.30. I paid $864.26 on March 30, which paid me through May 15. Two weeks later, the dopes at Blue Shield debited my account $589.30. I alerted them to the problem and said I’d be…Continue Reading