Deep Breath
The past week was a really quiet one. I didn’t have any plans in the evenings, and I didn’t go out of my way to make any. I wrote a bit, but I also watched a lot of TV and read a lot and went to bed at a reasonable hour almost every night. I [...]
September 6, 2010
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Shirting the issue
As much fun as it was to write my last little dialogue, it’s mainly fictional details spun around a core of truth. The precise circumstances under which I learned about the magical properties of my shirt were changed, and in some instances wholly fabricated, to protect the innocent. And in the interest of full disclosure, [...]
August 25, 2010
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Tags: clothing, fun, self · Posted in: Uncategorized
History lesson
Last night was my 20th high school reunion. It was a nice night – the venue was lovely, there were a lot of people there I hadn’t seen in, well, 20 years, the food was good. Overall I went into the event with almost no expectations, unsure who I would see or who I would [...]
August 8, 2010
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The thread
The thread hasn’t been dropped or lost, but as sometimes happens, it’s been harder to follow it through of late. Last week one of the feral cats I’ve been taking care of bit me; without going too far along the path of that particular story, this has meant a lot of phone calls and visits [...]
August 3, 2010
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Dressing it up
Ten years ago, my friend Mandy and I were roommates, and she was preparing for her wedding in the fall. It had been ten years since we graduated high school and I know that in some ways, I was waiting on a reunion invitation. I’m not sure if I had something I wanted to prove, [...]
July 20, 2010
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Friday! Singing!
I’ve written about three drafts now, all of which sound interesting and insightful and clever as I’m setting them down, all of which then sound utterly incoherent when I go back to read them over. So I’m going to cut to the chase. This Friday, the Sacred Harp group I’ve been singing with more or [...]
July 12, 2010
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Tags: connection, music, self · Posted in: Uncategorized
My brain! It’s too busy to write!
I have been doing so much thinking lately, you’d be proud! Or possibly astounded! But what I haven’t been doing is writing; at least not writing for public consumption. I’m thinking a lot because I feel like I’m finally ironing out some things that have bothered me for a long time. It’s very rewarding, and [...]
July 7, 2010
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The ones that got away.
When I was a senior in high school, my friends and I liked to take the D.C. Metro down into Georgetown. We would go down and have lunch and mainly window-shop, because Georgetown isn’t exactly known for its bargain basement deals. My favorite thing to window-shop for was boots. There were a few good boot [...]
April 1, 2010
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Tags: life, living out loud, self, shoes · Posted in: Uncategorized
Talking it out.
A few weeks ago there was an episode of House entitled “Private Lives.” Laura Prepon (of That ‘70s Show fame) was the guest star and patient-of-the-week, a blogger whose entire life is lived out in the open. She first becomes ill while she is sitting up late at night, blogging about an argument she just [...]
March 23, 2010
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Tags: body, health, self · Posted in: Uncategorized
Many happy returns!
My birthday was last Saturday, and it was a beautiful day. I turned 38. There were no parades, no one walked in front of me strewing my path with rose-petals. I got turned around driving to pick up breakfast for the other volunteers at the radio station in the morning, on my way to help [...]
March 9, 2010
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