Do Over
Some days are the kind of days you’d just like to hit the “Do Over” button. Roll back the clock and let it all unwind again.
But as it is, it’s the only day you’ve got and starts with an early morning wake-up (okay, it’s more like an early morning decision to finally get out […]
A Fist Full of Lucky
As a parent to young children, I occasionally catch a glimpse of the person each child might become in adulthood. Usually it’s sort of a quiet moment of recognition. O on his first birthday spent the entire afternoon emptying the cooler of ice. He fished around in the chilly depths of frigidity for every last […]
Another Glimmer of Profoundity
I need to thank ByJane today for her terrific post on embracing the process. She describes herself as coming from a family of strivers, people who appreciate the end game, the product more than the process, people who believe that there must be a reason to do something to make it worthy of the effort. […]
Personal Statement of the Desperate Variety
Dear Esteemed, Professional Writers Who Will Either Grant or Deny My Enrollment in the ‘08/’09 Creative Writer’s Workshop,
I am struggling with the task of writing a second personal statement. First there’s the issue of a title. Should I call it my Very Personal Statement? Maybe last year’s essay, titled just Personal Statement, was not […]
Waffle-Gate
I’m pretty sure that the menu from the Madmarriage-kitchen needs revision. There’s a fridge full of leftovers that no one is touching. The Baked Polenta with Italian Sausage has gone the way of the garbage disposal after four days under plastic wrap, the Chicken, Asparagus and Lemongrass Stir Fry is still snug in its Tupperware […]
Excellence, Entourage and My Big Mouth
Slouchy is paying it forward today. While her blog has been rated excellent by fans everywhere, she has been kind enough to sweep a few of us along in the eddy of her success. She has waved her magic writing wand and doled out some ‘excellents’ of her own. I am blushing and giddy […]
Death By Tennis Ball
Now that I’ve made my apologies and have been forgiven for taking our whole parenting dilemma public, I can concentrate on other apologies like the one I must issue to the woman I almost killed yesterday. It was nearly death by tennis ball which doesn’t happen too often and has me wondering if I should […]
Apology
I want to be funny today, after a long weekend, I’m thinking levity and tongue-in-cheek. But instead, there is some business I need to attend to. It’s my own sloppy, passionate fault that I let things rip here every now and again and people, namely My Better Half, get their feelings hurt. And so, today, […]
Everyday
This morning G asked that her father accompany she and her brother to the bus stop. “No, I want Daddy,” she said as I uttered the words, “Time to get our coats on.” Immediately she came over to wrap her little arms around my waist. “Because you’ve got stuff to do, right Mommy,” she added, […]
Habeas Corpus, Installment 8
It took the papers a full day to get the story. Lacy was found in the middle of Rte. 100 some time just before 3 a.m. on Tuesday morning. The Green Mountain Ledger led with the story on Wednesday. By that time, Lacy had died of her wounds at Rutland Regional Hospital. […]
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