I don't intend to shirk responsibilities, truly I don't... But here we have it. I seem to be a bona fide, certified Shirker. Shame! I sent off my bundle of deadline-writing this afternoon (including an article---I'm not making this up!---on the assigned topic: "Can my dog get me pregnant?" OH. MY. GOD) and thought I'd … Continue reading Well, This is Embarrassing…
Tag: Writing
Hill-Climbing, Hummingbirds, and Handguns
This evening, a particular piece of kid-art caught my eye. We have their notes and drawings tacked up all over the place---on the walls, on the fridge---but when something is always there you sometimes stop seeing it. That's the case with this piece , carefully dated 8-2-11 (almost exactly a year ago) with sticker-letters spelling … Continue reading Hill-Climbing, Hummingbirds, and Handguns
Budget Limbo: How LOW can we go?
Yesterday we made the six-hour drive back home from my parents' house, and we hope that Grandy and Boboo are recovering from the chaos of their week-long house-full of US! The kids immensely enjoyed their week, though of course it went by too quickly for them---sleeping in a tent in the backyard, roasting marshmallows for … Continue reading Budget Limbo: How LOW can we go?
The Dragon Biographer
Our son Christian (age 11) was feeling rather expansive yesterday evening about the firework-making job of his invisible dragon (descriptively named "Dragon"---Christian's companion since he was 2 years old), and the use of fireworks in Dragon culture. As soon as I realized he was on a roll, I grabbed for the keyboard and began typing … Continue reading The Dragon Biographer
Boundaries (or… “This Righting Isn’t Write!”)
She calls herself an editor. In actual fact she's a person with terrible written communication skills (as well as terrible manners) and a dubious grasp of the English language. She pays well, though---more than twice what I used to make per article---so maybe the practice of regularly having to advocate for myself is just part … Continue reading Boundaries (or… “This Righting Isn’t Write!”)
Something to Prove (or… “MOMMY can change a tire!”)
My hubby and I were having a thought-provoking conversation the other day, about the (sometimes) delicate balance between care-taking and independence. He knows me well enough to understand that I have a sort of fierce pride in the knowledge that I can take care of myself. In the year that I was single, I bought … Continue reading Something to Prove (or… “MOMMY can change a tire!”)
Marginalia & Time-Travel
I've been re-reading (actually, it's more like re-re-re-re-re-... well, you get the idea) the Harry Potter series this week, occasionally swapping volumes with one of my kids when our progression through the books overlapped... This is the first time through the books for Elena Grace, who (at age eight) is well acquainted with the film … Continue reading Marginalia & Time-Travel
Kana's Chronicles 