Category Archives: Writing

Punching in a dream

Posted on Tuesday February 26, 2013 by

I am the queen of change.  Well, if not the actual queen, then at least a member of the Royal Family of Change and heir to the throne.  I have spent the last 5 years documenting on my blog the pursuit and exultation … Continue reading →

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Cough syrup

Posted on Friday February 1, 2013 by

I’m hiding in my basement.  Not because there’s an impending tornado about to hit my house but because of the one that already did.  Metaphorically speaking, of course.  The contents of my kitchen drawers and cabinets have been vomited onto every available surface… countertops, … Continue reading →

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Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye

Posted on Monday October 15, 2012 by

Remember when I used to have a blog?  Gosh, those were the days.  Now, I pour my heart and thoughts into other people’s pages and posts.  Selling the flickers of what I like to market as ”genius” to the highest bidder.  And what’s … Continue reading →

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Brothers & sisters

Posted on Monday July 23, 2012 by

Most of the time, Emma and Gerrit are the best of buds.  They laugh together, play together, snuggle together.  For being siblings, they really don’t fight that often.  But lately, I’ve seen the beginnings of what I assume to be the … Continue reading →

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Addicted to love

Posted on Friday March 30, 2012 by

Writing is a conundrum.  While it solves one problem, it creates another.  It’s something I crave, a need I have to fulfill.  So I put my words out there into a post and feel better.  Deep breath because I never know how … Continue reading →

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Frankly, Mr Shankly

Posted on Wednesday January 11, 2012 by

A long time ago, when I was just a wee little lass, my mother came up with a highly unusual concept.  She decided that she would try to protect my mind from all the nonsense of this world.  Nursery rhymes and fairy … Continue reading →

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The Time (dirty bit)

Posted on Saturday December 17, 2011 by

It takes laser like focus to write a quasi adequate essay for a contest and obviously mine has been wired in.  With all that attention devoted to writing the best literary work I’ve ever created though, I missed updating you on my Chicago … Continue reading →

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Soul & the sea

Posted on Monday December 12, 2011 by

My dreams last night were filled with boats.  Specifically speedboats and lots of them.  Even after I got up to pee in the middle of the night (sad I know), my newfound slumber brought me even more visions of boats.  I found this very … Continue reading →

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