August 2018
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Ignite 8/31/18
My annual physical is scheduled for 9 a.m. today. Those of you who know me, know that — like my mother — I HATE ALL THINGS MEDICAL. Unlike her, however, I faithfully show up for my annual appointments. My attitude… Continue reading
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Toadally Content
I have a new housemate. I can’t tell if it’s male or female, so I’m calling it Pat. Meet Pat, the toad that has taken up residence in my outdoor garbage bin. I took a photo the first time I… Continue reading
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Ignite 8/24/18
Adrienne and I — and yes, Flat Frida — just returned from a few days at the beach, a setting that ignited the theme for this week’s cartoons! Continue reading
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Ignite 8/17/18
Who’s the person NOT on Facebook, but still remembers your birthday? That’s right — grandma! Grandmothers keep us happy (and fed) . . . and in the case of this week’s cartoons . . . laughing. Continue reading
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Magic Horse
Yesterday I imagined walking into the lobby of the Bread Loaf Inn in the Green Mountains near Middleburg, Vermont to register as a general contributor at the 2018 Bread Loaf Writers Conference. I imagined quickly signing up for the workshops… Continue reading
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Ignite 8/10/18
What an adventure Adrienne and I had with Flat Stanley’s best friend, Flat Frida, from Oklahoma City last weekend! (Yes, THAT Flat Stanley, the Flat Stanley who’s been ALL OVER THE WORLD!) Flat Frida’s dream has been to visit the… Continue reading
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One-Note Draft
What is memoir? What isn’t memoir? Sometimes (and in my case, more often than not), the memoirist can’t tell until she steps back and reads the words she’s written. As most of you know, I’ve been working on a memoir… Continue reading
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Ignite 8/3/18
The theme of this week’s, “Ignite”: statutory laughter. Continue reading
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Feed Your Head — Part Two
“The theater, when it is potent enough to deserve its ancestry, is always dangerous. That is why it is instinctively feared by people who do not want change, but only preservation of the status quo.” For 28 years, the plays… Continue reading
