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Evolution: An Explanation or Apology 9 Aug 2013 | 10:47 pm
First off, I don’t know where this one is going. Usually, when I open my WordPress page, I have a pretty decent idea of what I’m going to write. Or at least I like to tell myself I do. But today, thin...
Dark Shadows 26 Jul 2013 | 09:56 pm
I see dark shadows watching me all the time out of the corner of my eye; I fear my time is coming to an end soon….Please watch over my cats. ~Somewhere, Somewhere The washing machine changes gears fr...
Seeing My Mother 23 Jul 2013 | 12:04 am
Much of the world is talking about motherhood today in view of the impending arrival of the next member of Queen Elizabeth’s family. Having given birth three times, I hope that things are going well f...
Are You Made… 19 Jul 2013 | 11:11 pm
Are you made… The chem lab smelled like every other chem lab she’d ever been in, except ten times worse. Ainsley was pretty sure that by the look of the folks sitting around the room, her fellow chem...
Loving A Teen Shouldn’t Suck So Much 15 Jul 2013 | 10:00 pm
I have a teenager. Biggest is thirteen years old, his voice has gone to that crazy place of deeper valleys and broken crags; his feet seem too large for his body. There is no way I can ignore that he ...
The OCD Writer 12 Jul 2013 | 09:59 pm
This has been on my mind lately, so I’m blogging about my lack of sanity rather than writing any short fiction. Hope you, my dear reader, can cope with that. I’m not really OCD, although I do have eno...
Fleas and Finding My Zen 8 Jul 2013 | 11:15 pm
I’m guessing you are having a hell of a time making a connection between fleas and anything zen, and I’d have to agree with you. But that’s what occurred to me as I opened a window to type. It may hav...
Answering the Call of Nature 5 Jul 2013 | 10:10 pm
In case you’re wondering how life is treating me, this is how: from http://www.washingtonlakes.com, photo taken by Stevoblue So check back on Monday for a return of pithy or not-so-pithy missives. ....
It’s Hot, Damn Hot! 1 Jul 2013 | 09:28 pm
Here in the northwest, we are in full-on over-heated mode. Sure, it may not be as hot as in say Death Valley, but when a girl is pondering the merits of freezing her undies, it’s too hot. Which, of co...
Friday Flash – Tears of Thankfulness 28 Jun 2013 | 09:31 pm
I give thanks for many things. Many of them are you. The girl paused, one hand on her belly, the other holding a can of tuna fish. There was something about her face that caused the old woman to leav...