My mom packed bad lunches. Instead of Ho-Hos, Twinkies, and soda pop, us kids got granola, bananas, and the ever popular date bread with low-fat cream cheese filling. Sitting at recess nibbling a super lame salmon pattie, I’d covet my friends’ Wonder Bread bologna sandwiches with yellow mustard and feel like the biggest geek on…Continue Reading
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Grammar* Dos and Don’ts (Part 1)
Proper usage of words such as “it’s versus its,” and more.
Hi! And Things.
Well hello there. Where have you been? Especially since I’ve BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME! (I will go ahead and assume that guilt tactic did not work.) Actually, the summer ate my words. Between Two Funny Brains and the blog web series and the kids home and the work and the general melting,…Continue Reading
The Drive-By
Every now and again I give in to an urge to revisit my past in the most visceral way I know how: I drive by everywhere I’ve lived. Given that I’ve resided in a lot of places, and most not in this state, I can spend only an hour or so haunting the exteriors of…Continue Reading
Please Believe Me
Yes, it’s a re-post. Please give me something to write about…I need muse-y inspiration. *********** “Mommy? Do you love me?” I cringe. Not because I hate the question, but because I hate she has to ask it. I used to ask my mom the same thing, over and over again, every…Continue Reading
The OCD Person’s Guide to Lice Removal
The other day I received a phone call no mother wants to get. The phone rang smack dab during a marathon writing session at a busy coffee shop, so at first I couldn’t make out the words amidst the Venti-ordering. After barely discerning the caller’s identity, I picked up on her serious tone, stepped…Continue Reading
Being Zen from Someone Decidedly Zen-Less
A re-post. Again, this is SO weird. I NEVER do this. I find myself in a bit of a transformation. I say “a bit,” because I tend to take to these things slowly, instead of speeding full throttle into change. Still, I can’t deny that certain situations and people have been put in my…Continue Reading
My Other Ghost Story: Updated
I first sensed something odd Memorial Day weekend. It was Sunday, and The Rock and the kids spent the day at a friend’s picnic while I caught up on work at home. Around five or so, I put the computer away and collapsed on the couch to clear my head. I’m not sure what…Continue Reading
The Road(s)
It’s a re-post! Weird, right? Today I leave for Los Angeles to attend Creative Alliance, and it’s been a long time. A long time since I’ve made the drive alone from San Diego to Los Angeles and back again and vice versa. I’ve driven that stretch of road connecting two lives for more…Continue Reading
And Now A Word From My Sponsor
Well, not really. It’s just that every now and then I like to give a nod to the several people or companies who’ve supported my site through ads and product reach-outs. Since this isn’t the kind of blog that runs sponsored posts (very often) or even acknowledges its advertisers on a regular basis (I…Continue Reading
What I’ve Been Afraid to Tell You
Although I operate under the guise of openness on this blog, there are many, many truths I choose (or am told) not to write. Complete transparency is funny that way; I suspect there isn’t such a thing, other than in a person’s heart – and even then, sometimes we don’t want to see ourselves.…Continue Reading
Bake a Small Purse. Wait.
Say what? A re-post? Well, I guess it’s about time. The relative size and tininess of that purse freaks my head. One day, at a job I grew to hate because the executive director was replaced by an incompetent woman who wore too-small stilettos and carried teeny tiny purses (I don’t trust…Continue Reading
