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Ah. November in New England. Bare trees against the backdrop of a low slate sky. Ick! I hate November. There are only three things that redeem November in New England. It is the month I gave birth to a pretty cool human being, it is the month of Thanksgiving (i.e.… Continue Reading Velvet Verbosity’s Etsy Find of the Week – Tree Tote
Nick
Sleep talking is uniquely entertaining. It’s like hearing one side of a conversation. A dream-scape conversation that ends up sounding slightly psychotic, or drug-induced. My son talks in his sleep and this morning when I went to his room to wake him up, before I could say a word, he… Continue Reading Sleeping In His Talk
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She is sweet faced and dimpled, smiling gently at everyone in general, and no one in particular. Kindness spreads from her like angel wings. The glint in her eye is apple pie, and picket fences, and rosy-pink babies dressed in organic cotton. It is hand-knit mittens, woolen socks, and comfortable… Continue Reading Portrait #38 – Sweet, Hold the Sour
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Throwing myself headlong into this November write-a-palooza has been rejuvenating and exciting, but more than that, it has introduced me to some new people offline and on, and I’d like you to meet some of them. Thanks to Twitter, Networked Blogs, and various internet serendipity, there have been some new… Continue Reading All the Excitement of Disneyworld, Only Free
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The news that our school was to have a band was announced during a 5th-6th grade assembly. Assemblies were exciting news in and of themselves. Who knew what could happen at an assembly? Maybe the hoped for petting zoo and circus wouldn’t materialize after all, but no matter, because we… Continue Reading Monday Memoirs – Snotty Dotty and the Trombone
In the wake of extreme crisis, addicts, and their families, generally experience a honeymoon phase. Everyone is relieved that a shoe has dropped (in the world of addicts and the mentally ill, there are a lot of shoes) and “fixing” the mess becomes the priority. Poe called last night and… Continue Reading The Detox Honeymoon is Coming to an End
Nick
She is beautiful. Radiant. She can’t possibly know her own beauty. Her skin speaks beauty, abundance and health. She sits, knitting, her brow furrowed in concentration, and I am mesmerized by the little repetitive dance of her fingers. In the space of an hour she knits about 6 inches of… Continue Reading Juice and gristle
It’s officially week two of NaNoWriMo and NaBloPoMo. A lot happened in the first week of my write-a-palooza! On day one, I joined NaNoWriMo at the last minute with NO PLOT in mind. On day two I met up with a couple of NaNo writers in my region and we… Continue Reading 100 Words on Writ Large
I’ve been sick since yesterday so I’m sleeping more than writing at present. I’m just stopping in to say, don’t forget, this week’s challenge is: Writ Large Once your post is up, leave a comment with the link so we can find you. I’ll post the round-up tomorrow evening sometime.… Continue Reading Notes From the Sick Bed and 100 Words Reminder
