Monday, September 8, 2003
autumn blue sky and cool breeze
It’s almost fall and that’s the best season there is in Texas, as far as I’m concerned. It was so nice this weekend (only in the 80s) that we actually hung out outside.
The … Read the rest!
Sunday, August 31, 2003
new music
Are you one of those people who’s always buying new music? Always into the local music scene? Always mentioning the names of bands no one’s heard of but you and your friends? Or are you like me?
If … Read the rest!
Sunday, August 24, 2003
Ow!
Today, for the first time in a long time, I danced.
My oldest kid, Josh, went with my dad for a belated birthday-gift-buying expedition and quality grandfather/grandson time. Me, Dallas, and the Baby stayed home. While I burned a … Read the rest!
Thursday, August 21, 2003
A new game!
I got this interviewy game from Pink Plaid Face. Here are the instructions, which I’ve modified a bit because I don’t have a comment function on this site:
1. If you want to participate, send me … Read the rest!
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
something new
Michelle has decided to start doing soft news on her blog, and what could be softer than an interview with me? Michelle read My Pattern Book, the chapbook I’ve been pimping around town while waiting for … Read the rest!
Thursday, August 14, 2003
PhoneWorks
Look what I get to do in October. Cool, huh?
My kids starts middle school on Monday.
God. I’m so freaked out, I’m numb.
Middle school on Monday, and a fire dance through the night.
I stayed the … Read the rest!
Thursday, August 14, 2003
quick book news
So a woman from The Houston Chronicle calls to see if she can do a “profile” on me, because her editor read somewhere that I’m a local-girl-makes-good with a book deal and all. So, of course, I … Read the rest!
Monday, August 11, 2003
Say, Mister, can you spare a nickel so’s I can get me a 40-oz of time?
I keep wanting to tell y’all about the drunken white guy who took off his sandals and tried to sing “Boogie On Reggae Woman” … Read the rest!
Monday, August 11, 2003
why I deserve to be bad sometimes
I worked 8.5 hours of freelance contract work today. On Sunday. Starting at around nine a.m. With one of my son’s friends over and all the little boys in the house at full … Read the rest!
Sunday, August 10, 2003
Hey, but, you know what?
I don’t have to explain myself to you.
(Read all entries from today, from bottom to the top, to discover that I’m contemplating late-night sin while sugar plums revolve in my children’s heads.)
That’s right. … Read the rest!