On Saturday nights, our family was happy. During the week, Dad wasn’t ever around, my brother and I fought, and…
Tag: Life
Alternate title: Why Jude the Obscure Infuriates Me 1982. Eighth grade. Fifth period. Speech class…Mark. I only had three crushes in eighth…
Fifth grade. Danny. He had freckles and smelled like some exotic spice: cardamom or coriander. He was a foster kid…
Ah, my first kiss. His name was Luke. Branson School lower parking lot. After a Christmas tree lighting event which…
I love this week’s topic. My first book- In the Stars– is about a woman who fakes psychic abilities in…
First, a big squishy Debutante thank-you to Mia King for taking over last Saturday (hence my appearance here on Mia’s…
I should start by explaining that I’m not writing off topic — even though the topic of the week is…
This past week, instead of writing, I’ve been dealing with contractors — the retaining wall beside our house has fallen…
I looked under the bed this morning to see what was lurking. The recovered tally includes: one lone sock, a…
This just out: if you can make it through a 6.7 earthquake (including a 5.8 aftershock and some), then you…
