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Are you already out there? Have you been standing in the lines outside Best Buy, CompUSA, WalMart, or Target since 11 last night? Waiting to buy that plasma TV for $199? Or how about that laptop for $99? Hmmmmm???? And if you were out there, was it worth the wait? I have to ask because…
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My children do a wonderful job of informing me after the fact when it is “opposite” day. You can imagine what it’s like, being asked a bunch of loaded questions, answering in the negative on every occasion, and then being told that it’s opposite day, and I’ve just given them the right to eat a…
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For the last 14 days (including today), I have been working on a novel for National Novel Writing Month (Nano) that is requiring too, too much of my time. It’s not that I don’t want to invest the time in to this story line, it’s the fact that it just cannot–nor it should not–be done…
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Yikes! No fancy banner this morning, as I get back in the swing of blogging….I’ll add this to my list of things to do by…..next Thursday! Here’s my list, nevertheless… 🙂 Thirteen things I have every reason to be happy. 1. My life, right? 2. My incredible family and kids. I cannot be with them…
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Hi, all. I am back online. A long five weeks it has been. And through it all, I’d like to think that I’ve grown a little as a writer and as a human being. Any experience gives you that opportunity, though….right? I won’t bore you with the details of my absence. They may trickle in…
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Today’s just one of those days…I’ve got my engine on, and I’ve been cleaning like crazy since I woke up about 25 minutes ago. There’s no school today, no inservices, no planned meetings. It’s like today’s the 366th day of the year, and I’m not going to throw it away and take it for granted.…
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After dropping H off for gymnastics practice at 6:45 a.m., I headed north to find pastures blanketed in early morning mist. It was a very zen experience for me, as I was exercising great patience in waiting for the right shoot to present itself to me. There were several stops that i could have made,…
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I couldn’t resist sharing one last summer pic of B enjoying his King Cone…May we all go into the weekend in such a happy way!
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Thirteen song lyrics I wish I had written: … 1. True Believer that I am, I am blind. Lead me on, lead me on. Blessed Receiver of your love, I own my own time and I’ve been holding on, holding on. Leave the word unspoken and the spell wiil be broken. ~James Taylor, “I Will…
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I am leaving school now, as traces of dusk hint on the horizon. The temperatures fall so subtly, like the few leaves that have already found their way to the ground. The humid breezes begin to shift into their blustery, autumn siblings. This is the best time of autumn, transition within transition, the marrow within…
The Baltimore Writer 