It was no big secret that I was sick and tired of the oppressive and seemingly endless summer that lasted well into October, but fall lasted, oh, four days. Now it is downright cold a lot of the time, except when it is randomly 72 and sunny, and my wardrobe and respiratory system are having … More Who needs botox when you can eat some chili with a plastic soup spoon?
I’m in class. Cataloguing class. A class I am paying almost a thousand dollars to take, and yet, here I sit, blogging. My classmates are doing other various and sundry non-cataloguing activities: playing games, instant messaging, talking about drinking games. Our professor is flipping through a magazine. If I am joking, may I be doomed … More This must be be what purgatory is like
Hi. You’ve reached HD at One Small Corner of the Universe. I’m not available to post right now because, thanks to a misunderstanding following a trip to the grocery store wherein I said to myself, “That needs to go into the freezer,” but I misunderstood myself and thought I said, “That needs to go right … More At the sound of the beep
But I am. In my mind I have these magnificent visions of myself exercising at 5 a.m., biking through my city’s many parks on the weekends with my kid on one of those fancy enclosed trailers, reading on my screened porch by lamplight with a glass of wine after the baby is asleep on weekend … More I don’t want to be a lazy girl
She is wearing one sock and her hair clasp is hanging by a few strands. Dressed in hand-me-down PJs, the red ones that belonged to Matthew with the yellow dump truck on the front, she rubs her eyes with one fist and pulls the Wee Hairy Beastie to her cheek with the other. I pick … More Offering
I’ve got a draft going that I just can’t give any more thought or energy to tonight. It’s one of those been-churning-for-a-while-now posts that needs to be written but can’t seem to work its way out of my head. I’m hoping a good night’s sleep and a few hours of clear thinking in the morning … More P.S.A.
In keeping with my temporary time warp, I’d like to announce that this is [my post for] Friday, November 2. Got it? Good. It has been a long, long week. We were out of town last weekend, and a certain baby I know, who usually goes to sleep by 10:30 and sleeps for 12 hours, was awake until 1 … More Fire away
I want you to try a little something for me. Don’t worry, it’s easy. If I were a betting woman I’d bet you do it all the time, anyway. I want you to close your eyes, and I want you to imagine it’s still Thursday. No, not ANY Thursday–Thursday last. November 1st. There you go, … More If I could turn back time
I have not been too busy to post. Work is not consuming me like it once did. My life is not dull or uneventful. I am just blank. Blank with sadness for my friend, blank with worry over things like lead paint and the MRSA bug. Blank with anxiety over those fires which are a mere five … More Blank
Current temperature: 67. That’s more like it. Now about this drought…138 days of water remaining for my city. What does that mean exactly? That if we don’t get considerable rainfall in the next 138 days we will not be allowed to drink, cook or shower? Please discuss.
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