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Monthly Archives: September 2010
generational shift
Working in a small, quirky retail shop off the University campus, my daughter has noticed things about people. Last night I picked her up after her shift. I wore shorts and no jacket, because the weather is the way it should have been in late June. Victoria buckled up and started musing that there are … Continue reading
Posted in life, random stuff
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untidiness
She sat on the kitchen stool. Dishes remained piled at the sink. I leaned against the refrigerator–though it was late–still too wound up. We both were. Talk mingled with tears, as we processed more of the day. I had tried to weave a relaxed plan. Tried to make things flow smoothly before the drive north … Continue reading
Posted in life, reflection, wonder
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hello (almost) to goodbye
What’s the next best thing to having a book published with your name on it? Possibly it’s a book coming out with your name in it, plus 30 others’ names, and a neat publisher to do the start-up promotional work. I’ll warn you, I’m still writing about Tim and me (not Tim Elhajj, from the … Continue reading
Posted in life, writing
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interview: junking with Tim Elhajj
I’m old enough to remember pen pals. Mine were always kids from my neighborhood who moved away, or I moved away, or both, and we would write letters. Decades later, I found bloggers. From everywhere. We’ve tended to connect by virtue of being, in one way or another, from the same ‘hood: sometimes it’s faith, … Continue reading
Posted in books, interview, writing
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tending the possible
I like it when a title arrives. Often it’s when I’m on a roll in my musings, and there is something like a climactic crescendo of the brain. Yes, that fits with those other thoughts and ideas; wow, it’s great and grand. Boom. Then in the thought-quiet while I dry my hair or wash the … Continue reading
Posted in life, reflection, writing
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now it’s here
I sat up, awake, not sure where I was. There was some urgency, something wrong, but I couldn’t think what. Maisa’s white bedclothes rose and fell slightly with her breathing. Only a dream. I slipped out of bed and found my socks. It was daylight out. The bedroom felt dim and stale. Maisa had pulled … Continue reading
Posted in interesting, newsy, reading
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indirect lighting
It’s been almost two years, love, since Paris. That day we put one foot before the next to find each piece in the puzzle. Lots of meaning, somehow, in going from morning til far past dusk. I tried to write a story of inspiration about my anxiety and your kindness that day. But it was … Continue reading
Posted in life, wonder, writing
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the ceiling tile
When I came in to work Tuesday morning, I noticed a square from the ceiling above my desk had fallen. It lay amid white specks on the floor, likely having glanced off my chair. One of the women who volunteer in my office had commented, months ago, about that loose-looking piece of ceiling. “Don’t you … Continue reading
Posted in better to laugh, interesting, life, work
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here again
On the TV weather forecast there is a little yellow bus icon under today and tomorrow. Kids are heading off in the rain, appropriately, to launch into another school year. I remember arriving, soggy shoes squeaking on tile under garish hall lighting, jostling our way to proper rooms, each to find our own hard-seated desk. … Continue reading
Posted in history, life
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good question
One school has held my interest for more than a decade. I still carry the dream (tucked far back in my pack, behind some Lara Bars and chocolate) of attending and graduating one day from this school. The reason I don’t have to, I guess, is my daughter already did it. But I was there … Continue reading
Posted in history, life, thankfulness
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