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Monthly Archives: February 2010
the games begin
Life is funny. The quest for certain goals can make me think I’m going after gold. But really I’m learning to persevere, whatever the outcome. Continue reading
object smatter
I’m starting over. I was into a wonderful, rambling post about further musings on belief, and. Well. Maybe it wouldn’t have been wonderful to try plowing through on your way to a zillion other blogs, distractions, and weekend activities. So I shall attempt to concise things up a bit for next week. Anyway, one of … Continue reading
how it is
This week: my second job interview in three months. The second job I didn’t get. The second time someone said they would have loved to work with me, but another candidate was just that much more qualified. A tragedy it’s not. I did my best. Times are challenging for everyone. The saddest moments, also the … Continue reading
Posted in embracing dorkhood, life
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wednesday’s commercial word
I didn’t plan to get one. Honest. But now I’m glad I stole it that night. We were enjoying KLSR-TV’s annual Christmas dinner, and the traditional gift steal game began. The first opened gift, promptly snatched by newslady Natasha Chughtai, was a leopard-patterned snuggie. Those blankets with arms looked kind of nifty on the infomercials. … Continue reading
Posted in embracing dorkhood, goofy, lil' animals, newsy, wednesday's word
Tagged snuggie
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the object matters
This culture is hung up on the way the word “belief” gets understood. I’m stymied by it as often as anybody. It rankles to hear someone say there is a right way to believe. My term in an old journal was “right-angled faith.” I wanted to write a book about how this is wrong. A … Continue reading
random notes on creative nonfiction
I want to uncover from real to real, though I can barely get beyond imagined. The role my supposings play, though, makes it fun: a biography of air, of ants, or aunts, a piece of driftwood once a tree. A foundation crumbles, a cemetery stone speaks. My face in the mirror draws down. I wander … Continue reading
bbb
This week, in my little Internet sphere, a friend I have known only through blogging has blogged about blogging issues. Fresca is the creative person behind some cool videos (about things other than blogging). She is an author of geography books and someone who knows how to make her own books, if the situation calls … Continue reading
wednesday’s word: renewed
Though on the outside, wasting (perishing, decaying, you fill in the blank), the inward me is renewed day by day. ~Paul of Tarsus What has renewed you?
hearty story
My blog’s date is in the military (and faraway places) style, with the day preceding the month. I’ve tried to make it regular American, to no avail. But as Tim says, I should prefer it; it’s logical that way. Tim was in the Navy long ago, when we were first married. I’ve written another online-accepted … Continue reading
Posted in marriage is cute sometimes, memoir, newsy, writing
Tagged confusion, early marriage
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friday thought
It’s not so much sitting down, composed, saying, “What shall I write today?” as it is racing, capturing ideas that surge, foaming, onto shore, before they pull away.
