Large Format Reproductions
I have, in hand, large format reproductions of the property next door. Our neighbors have bulldozed and back-hoed their way to a blank slate, all smooth soil and anticipation. I have promised to help them, to select hedge material and shrubs that will thrive in deep shade, alongside a sunny pool deck and in front […]
Timing
So what does a twice rejected nascent writer do after the receiving the latest in a series of loud and echoing No’s? Well, of course she gets right back in the saddle and fires off a few short stories to five different literary magazines and makes sure she enters a couple writing contests and decides […]
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 […]
A Contestant of Sorts
I begged for challenges and only one obliged. Ron over at R World has tempted me to reapply to that damn writing program that wrestled my heart from my chest and hurled it in a dumpster last Spring. And so it begins, my e-mails and phone calls to the same administrative assistant that put up […]
Teacher of My Life
This weekend we received a copy of a lovely letter, one written to My Better Half’s 85 year-old grandmother, penned by one of her former students who remembers her, all these years later, as the pivotal figure in her academic career.
Few of us ever take the time to thank the people that have made […]
Rejection encore.
Oh foot fungus, Oh blast, Oh bother, Oh BU admissions officer - You Bitch…
There. That’s better. Now I’ll explain.
Yesterday I finally got around to fetching the mail. After receiving my rejection from BU’s writing workshop back in April, I’ve grown a little lazy about the mail. Days and days go by, the mailman patiently […]
Shredding oranges
While eating dinner with My Better Half last night, I casually mentioned last week’s Yahoo article that reports a SAHM’s worth at close to $138K annually. I gave it as flippant a mention as one who is currently waging a war with her spouse about feeling completely under appreciated and taken for granted can […]
Oh damn, the best laid plans and all that…as I dug around in the pockets of G’s backpack to retrieve her sweet little pink headband now slightly dingy from riding around in her book bag for a week, several stones from the driveway and yesterday’s breakfast bar still in its wrapper but crushed into […]
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