New Year’s Thoughts, All Jumbled
Happy New Year, y’all. A little bit of caffeine makes me industrious but too much makes me nervous. Sometimes I forget that. Like a few hours ago, when I drank a big old iced coffee with tapioca while playing Uno with my kids at our […] Continue Reading…
My Kids
I know that this is the week that all bloggers are supposed to write about their years in review or else their new year’s resolutions, but right now I feel like writing about my kids. We were listening to the local Storytellers’ Guild on the car radio today. […] Continue Reading…
Benadryl Is a Narcotic
Everyone knows that Benadryl Sinus doesn’t relieve any of your cold or allergy symptoms. All it does is make you stop caring about them. Also, it may or may not make you have pleasanter dreams. I’m still researching that one.
Because, yes, I am sick today. And […] Continue Reading…
Two Memes
Both via “What if no one’s watching?”
This is the End-of-Year Meme.
1. What did you do in 2004 that you’d never done before?
Walked into a bookstore and saw a book by me. Also, I passed out from drinking.
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make […] Continue Reading…
Small Town Interlude
A childhood friend and I had planned to meet half way this weekend to trade Christmas gifts and catch up. Half way between the middle of this big city that I love and that small town where she and her family have just bought a house and […] Continue Reading…
Bleh. BLEH!
What I have is not writers’ block. What I have is writers’ apprehension.
As I work on my second book, the apprehension goes like this: “What if I spend a bunch of time writing this and it sucks? What if I spend hours writing this and then, way later, […] Continue Reading…
One of the Most Beautiful Places in Texas
It’s unfortunate that it’s so hard to photograph beautiful places. Also, it’s unfortunate that I’m not very well-traveled. Because of the latter, I may be more easily impressed by watery landscapes that any given person. Either way, here is a link to […] Continue Reading…
I’m not clever and I can’t lie.
There are rules in place for people who have books and who also have Web sites. The first is: You’re not supposed to complain or whine, unless you do so charmingly, and unless the subject of your discomfort is your writer’s block or […] Continue Reading…
Only 24 More Shopping Days ‘Til They Think up a New Reason for Shopping Days!
I’m not getting a Christmas tree this year. This is BabyDaddy’s year with the kids for Xmas, so they’ll be heading off to his place the weekend I’d normally drag myself to Home Depot to […] Continue Reading…
Happy Thanksgiving
or, Thanks in Open Letter Format
Dear God, Jesus, Mary, Nature, Synchronicity, Fate, Buddha and the Universe,
Thank you for my children, my boyfriend, my family and my friends. Thank you for my job, my car and the continued relative safety of my apartment. Thank you for the fact that […] Continue Reading…
