Sometimes we bloggers write an About page, tuck it away under a menu item and forget it. I know I've done that on my previous blogs. This time I put enough thought into what I wanted to write I decided before tucking it away under a menu item, I would publish it as a post.… Continue reading Who Am I?
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Record Your Memories Now. Someday There Won’t Be Anyone In The Window.
I spun around at the end of the driveway, garbage bags in hand. I looked up at the window above the garage. The window was closed. The room was dark. It was just my imagination. I could have sworn I heard my mom whisper, "Helloooo!", in her familiar garbage-night whisper. Loud enough for me to… Continue reading Record Your Memories Now. Someday There Won’t Be Anyone In The Window.
Can You Teach An Old Ordered Mind To Like New Chaos?
My mind likes order. I like graph paper. I like nice tidy columns of numbers. I like neat printing. I have a carpenter's level and I know how to use it. I also have blank walls. I have ten pieces of art framed and ready to go on my living room walls. I have a… Continue reading Can You Teach An Old Ordered Mind To Like New Chaos?
Dear Journal
Dear Journal, I know it's been awhile. Nearly three weeks. I had no idea it had been that long. Wait. That sounds bad. I don't mean it that way. It's not that I haven't thought about you in these three weeks. It's just, well, life gets in the way sometimes, you know? But, I promise… Continue reading Dear Journal
Cindy Brady’s Magician, Meet Norman Bates
Oh, Cindy Brady, I totally get where you're coming from, sister. My day began watching Cindy Brady unable to sleep with the lights off because of an unfortunate encounter with a magician at her little friend's birthday party. She saw the image of him making his assistant disappear every time she closed her eyes. My… Continue reading Cindy Brady’s Magician, Meet Norman Bates
Shannon Leaders 