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Weekends Are For
I always think I’m going to get a ton of work done on the weekends and I never do. I think about doing work. I even plan to do work. I’ll tell Jesse, “I need to work.” I’ll pack my … Continue reading
Like Chocolate and Vanilla Swirl
Here’s a picture of Hadley and Harper about five minutes before they went to school Monday morning. About fifteen minutes before this picture was taken they were having a contest to see who could throw her underpants and hit the … Continue reading
The Cheetah
Last week Hadley went on a field trip to the zoo with her class. For weeks, they had been researching an animal of their choosing; reading books, going to the computer lab, drawing pictures, all rather impressive things for Kindergartners to do, … Continue reading
Joan Didion and Pterodactyls
I am reading “The Women’s Movement,” an essay in The White Album by Joan Didion. The year the essay was written marks the end of each piece in the book and I think that would be cool to write a … Continue reading
Play Ball!
Here’s a little story for baseball season. I hope you don’t mind my re-posting. I wrote this a while back for the Red Dress Club. The prompt was, “Somebody gets hurt. Somebody tells a joke.” Every summer the Little League … Continue reading
Around Here
A new stack of books for my second to last packet before I enter my second year of graduate school. I heard Shannon Huffman Polson read from her writing last year in Santa Fe. Listening to others read from … Continue reading
And A Half
What’s the same: *Those eyes of yours. Although, not the red eye part in the first picture. Sorry. I couldn’t figure out how to fix that. *I still see the baby in your face, especially in your cheeks. *I … Continue reading
Harper’s New Favorite Color and Other Things
Bye-bye, blue. It’s been real but there’s a new color in town. Can we also talk about what’s going on in these pictures? Come and knock on our door! Harper’s new past time is getting dressed. She picks outfits out … Continue reading
Teaching Gig
I made a new friend. She asked me about writing one day and I started running at the mouth. Have you read this book? Do you know about this technique? What are you working on? Oh, sorry. I forgot I … Continue reading
Allowance
I want to tell you about a coffeehouse I found while I was in Port Townsend. To get there from Whidbey Island, I had to get on a ferry and cross the Puget Sound. It’s a lovely ride along what … Continue reading