Last week, JCK at Motherscribe asked if I would write a guest post for her, since she’s going on vacation this week. I tried to be cool, and all “Yeah, sure, why not?” But really, I pretty much squealed, but in type, and maybe a little bit out loud. Because her blog is one of […]
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Dear Williams-Sonoma,
I appreciate your enduring optimism, I really do. Season after changing season, you make sure that your glorious catalog appears in my mailbox, despite the fact that I haven’t ordered anything from you in years. Yes, years. In fact, if you were to check your records, you would see that my registration on your […]
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I keep two books for writing things down. The first is a leather-bound journal into which I copy quotes or poetry that I love. I am careful with it, and have never lost it. If the house was on fire, and I had time (assuming everyone was safe, of course), it would be one of […]
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A hairpin turn, or a switchback. Both, names for a point in the road where you’d better pay attention, slow down, and ease into the turn. Foot on the brake, eyes on the road. Breathing through the moment when you’re sure your heart has stopped. And then, when you come out of the curve, there’s […]
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Someone asked me yesterday, “When was the last time you wrote a real post?”
I couldn’t even be offended, because I knew exactly what she meant. For a couple of weeks, at least, I feel like I haven’t improved anyone’s day with what I’ve posted here. I sit and stare at the blinking cursor, with diminishing […]
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Disclaimer: I have no idea where this post is headed, but I’ll try to get there fast. Call it a quickie. I do know that it’ll get funny at the end, but only because I’ve invited a couple of people to help. (Don’t act all shocked. It’s not that kind of blog. Geez.)
Maybe this mood […]
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I don’t have a true Before picture, but believe me when I tell you the room didn’t look so different from this, which is somewhere in the middle of the project (click to enlarge, if you don’t scare easily):
You’re looking at Girl’s room at the mercy of Mommy’s Massive Re-Organization (MMRO).
In the bottom of toy […]
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Both girls squealed.
“!!!” one said, in the language that little girls understand, a language that isn’t forgotten even after almost three months of summer.
“!!!!!” the other answered, and they both ran toward each other and into a hug that was sweeter than a great big banana split.
“Are you in this class?” Girl asked her friend.
“Yes! […]
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I am a clip art junkie (you should see the stack of books I have), so I subscribed a long time ago to the email service from Dover Publications, probably the most well-known clip art publisher. They send me weekly samples by email, along with notifications of new publications. I am a devoted fan of […]
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Tonight we’re having a marvelous dinner of frozen pizza. It’s just that kind of day.
I turned on the oven to preheat it. Then I took the pizza out of the box and left it on the counter, still in the plastic wrapper, and went to my office to take my turn at Scrabble on Facebook […]
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