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Category Archives: random stuff
heretofore unknown
An artifact of strangeness poked up from our garden.I asked Tim if he knew what it was. “I found an onion in the garage,” he said. “It had sprouted, so I planted it.”Tim is allergic to onions. We never have … Continue reading
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relief today
Today one of my semi-regular guest blog posts is up at Relief. You may notice I tossed three blogger/writer friends’ links into the salad. A few sprouts, too; at least the mention of them. Here’s to pondering the end of … Continue reading
Posted in guest blogger, newsy, random stuff
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fiddling fun
I don’t mean to drag this on, but here’s a reminder you could win a book (autographed, even): Just comment or email me tonight, and you’ll be in a drawing. I decided, since my first commenter last post guessed who … Continue reading
Posted in family, random stuff
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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 … Continue reading
to begin again, again
We have bid farewell to the first month of 2010. I’ve started saying twenty-ten. I think someone told me to – I’m not sure. Anyway, it’s easier. Our first decade had to turn out as the 2000s. While a hundred … Continue reading
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typewriter snippets
Remember (you who related to my post last week about my mom’s old Royal) how it felt to snug the sheet of typing paper into its place between the guides, to turn the carriage until the top of the page … Continue reading
Posted in books, interesting, random stuff
Tagged pages, Richard Brautigan, royal typewriter
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out in
Every year it happens. Just when everybody else revs up in excitement over NaNoWriMo, NaBloPoMo, and all the other greatest things to do in and around cyberland, I start to chill out. Or maybe it’s cozy up. Today our fire … Continue reading
Posted in newsy, random stuff, reading, writing
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cadence change
Simultaneously the huge, round spider and I frightened one another. On a precarious stool out front I swiped the big window, dislodging the unsuspecting arachnid. I’m sure she exclaimed something spiderish, while I said, “Oh! Ah! Ah!” and jumped backward. … Continue reading
Posted in lil' animals, newsy, random stuff, writing
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in a meeting
Have you ever gotten hold of a new concept/idea and conferenced with yourself about it all afternoon? Weird, I know. But I am my enterprise’s go-getter, slacker, researcher, harried bookkeeper, and PR person. Today we’re all brainstorming, sending out for … Continue reading
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reading, ‘riting, and, you know…
I always thought saying the “three r’s” was kind of dumb, since only one of the words actually starts with “r.” But that’s visual me. The sounds work, mostly, for the words. A-rithmetic is what I should be focused on … Continue reading
Posted in lil' animals, random stuff, writing
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