I’m so happy! I bought a new journal the other night. Typically, I would buy a Moleskine (you know, to be more Hemingway-esque and feel like a *real* writer), but I saw this one and simply had to have it. I think I may have found a new favorite style: It’s hardcover, with a Tiffany-style embossing on the front. Even the spine is nifty—thread bound in three spots, so it opens to lie completely flat. Love! Read More →
I can’t stop giggling over the incredible Colombia rescue. I know you’ve all read about it; Colombian military spies who tricked the bad-guy rebels into thinking that they were transferring the hostages to a more-secure guerilla hideout . . . and once the rebels loaded the hostages into the helicopter, the military fellows turned, looked at the beaten down, tied-up, and time-weary hostages, and motioned toward the rebel men who had boarded the plane with them … where they lay bound,... Continue to Full Post →
Two years of marriage for hubs and me! Astonishing that he has managed to put up with me for this long, eh? Read More →
Deep breath in. Long breath out. whoosh! It’s been something of an insane week, I must say. My article was turned in—ahead of deadline, might I add—despite my slight trauma on Monday. What trauma, you ask? Two words: The dentist. While I acknowledge that going to the dentist is quite necessary and should be nothing more than a minor inconvenience for an adult, I also have to admit that I had to be forced into going. See, the last time I went to the dentist, it bloody hurt.... Continue to Full Post →
I just counted my pens. 87. I have 87 pens. Didn’t even count the pencils. I really should buy stock in Bic. Read More →
I’ve been told that I seem to attract the weirdest people in the world. I don’t necessarily think that’s true, but I do tend to come across the most unusual folks and have the oddest encounters of anyone I know. Here’s one for you all. A work of total non-fiction, coming up! ________________________________________________ I was at Books-A-Million, buying a few writing magazines. Ventured to the check-out line, and waited for the lady in front of me to finish up. Early... Continue to Full Post →
A friend of mine sent me this story, and it has absolutely infuriated me: ‘Pro-Life’ Drugstores Market Beliefs When DMC Pharmacy opens this summer on Route 50 in Chantilly, the shelves will be stocked with allergy remedies, pain relievers, antiseptic ointments and almost everything else sold in any drugstore. But anyone who wants condoms, birth control pills or the Plan B emergency contraceptive will be turned away. That’s because the drugstore, located in a typical shopping... Continue to Full Post →
When they outsmarted this guy: “I did it, I did it, oh yeah yeah yeah!” Yay! Did the interview today. Lo and behold, it was actually fun. The fellow I spoke with is an incredibly nice guy, even though he isn’t the one I remembered from our old gym. The one I remembered couldn’t be there, as they had some business something-or-other pop up. So, whew. Maybe I can get over this fear of interviewing by, oh I don’t know, actually doing more interviews? hehe .... Continue to Full Post →
I have discovered that I am a silly pants. All the hesitation about calling to schedule the interviews I need, and it turns out I once taught yoga to the fellows I’m interviewing! So he got a bit of a laugh at my “professional” persona. hehehe Today is vet day for the puppers. He’s not sick, but he needs a check-up for his bladder condition, his annual worms test, and to hopefully be given something that will make his skin less itchy. Poor little guy is constantly gnawing... Continue to Full Post →
So, I think it’s high time I stop insisting on something witty, funny, or even remotely interesting to pop into my head before I’ll post here. Let’s face it, I’m just not that intriguing at all times. Maybe I shouldn’t confess to that, but I figure you’ve figured it out by now, anyway Today has been spent in a welter of domesticated scut work. Laundry, grocery shopping, and pet-tending. Fun fun fun! Luckily, I did get more work on my upcoming article completed,... Continue to Full Post →
