Life
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Pour Some Sugar
On the way to work today, Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar on Me” played on the radio. That song always jets me back to high school at warp speed. I sang along in the van. “Love is like a bomb, baby, c’mon get it on. Living like a lover with a red owwf on.” Wait.… Continue reading
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Valentine’s Day Haters’ Club – Daily Post Weekly Writing Challenge
I adjusted my black scarf over my black coat and rubbed my cold hands over my thighs, covered by my black jeans. Maybe an outdoor protest on the coldest day of the year wasn’t the smartest idea, I thought, as I called the group over. “Alright,” I said, as we huddled together. “Let’s circle again.… Continue reading
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Funny Kid Story . . .
Today I happened upon an old email in my Lotus Archives and remembered this funny kid story and thought I’d share. About five years ago, my then-five-year-old, JC, loved to watch a television show called “How It’s Made.” I think it was on the Discovery Channel (it may still be). He loved the episodes showing… Continue reading
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If you write it . . .
One of my all-time favorite movies is Field of Dreams (1989; Academy Awards Best Picture Nominee 1990). Baseball, Iowa, James Earl Jones, Shoeless Joe, dreams, hopes, tears . . . sigh. I first watched Field of Dreams in a lecture hall my freshman year of college on dollar movie night. I remember hiding my face as I… Continue reading
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Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to WOAW
Well, hello there, Blogtropolis! You still out there? I don’t really have much to say, which explains why I haven’t been posting. But I didn’t want to let the days go by without recognizing my one-year blogging anniversary. My first post on WOAW was published on January 3, 2013. Ironically, I wrote in that first… Continue reading
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Sweet Defiance
My son, JC, who turns 10 at the end of the month, has what he calls “interests.” These “interests” range from particular types of jellyfish (the arctic comb jelly is his current favorite) to Star Wars, to his favorite app, Minecraft. During the life span of any one of his “interests,” he likes to research… Continue reading
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Elf Stress
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the popular Elf on a Shelf bonanza that happens every Christmas, let me briefly explain. Some genius came up with the idea to make a toy Elf that comes to your house Thanksgiving night and makes himself at home. This Elf supposedly watches the kids and then… Continue reading
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I’m Back from NaNoMehMo . . .
Winning starts with beginning. — Robert H. Schuller Well, it’s December! Currently I’m sitting next to a halfway decorated Christmas tree and a half-asleep husband, during halftime of the Giants-Redskins game. And guess what? I won at NaNoWriMo. Not only did I win, I over-won by 10,000 words. So why am I only halfway excited?… Continue reading
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Pickles, Pretzels and Piffle
Originally posted on Blue Stocking G'ma: I had the distinct pleasure of spending the night with my 3 year old grandson this week. I have not done this before and did not know what to expect. We decided to “camp out”. That’s where you pull out the sofa bed in the living room and sleep… Continue reading
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NaNo Update and The Daily Prompt
Hi Everyone! Well, I’m still chugging along with my word count for National Novel Writing Month but wanted to take some time out to post an update. My problem now seems to be that my NaNo story is going in a totally different direction than I’d planned. If “characters drive plot” then my characters are… Continue reading
Waiting on a Word 