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On getting back up.
Okay – I know I promised myself that I would run while on vacation, and watch what I ate, and write every day. I also know that I did nothing of the sort. I am angry with myself, and I readily...
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On being worse than teenage poetry.
I teach twelfth grade English at the local high school. I interact with teenagers every day, bearing witness to the comedies and tragedies that fill the hallways, cause lockers to slam angrily, demand...
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On wine and whine.
Having lunch with two beautiful, engaged young woman does not appear to be an arduous task. It does, however, become difficult for the “third wheel,” the young woman not engaged or even dating, the...
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On feeling like you’re about to cry.
Mimi and Jimmy left this morning, with Teddy, to take Jimmy back to Virginia. I find the gray skies to be fitting. PROMPT: “You accidentally overhear a conversation between two people you’ve never...
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On nasty surprises.
It has been just about two months since I last posted. I am ashamed to admit that I let life get in the way. The school year got the best of me – a clear indication my priorities were shuffled and...
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On talking to the dead.
Friday, April 10, 2015 marked 90 years since the publication of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the novel that essentially changed my life by confirming the kind of woman – the kind of human...
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On treating a blog like a confessional, for better or worse.
Good news: A literary agency requested my full manuscript about a week ago. Bad News: I haven’t written anything in a while, other than melodramatic diary entries that are more embarrassing and...
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On seeking salvation from loneliness.
I know I need to update this blog more than once a month. My writing is becoming stale; my literary muscle is in a state of atrophy due to lack of use. I have no excuse. I wonder how many writers...
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On objections.
“Love is a book that never closes.” I need to stop drinking spoiled milk. A respected coworker of mine read the manuscript for Moody Blue and told me she enjoyed it, believed it had merit and promise....
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On battling bullshit.
It’s the end of another year. We’re all preparing for the onslaught of “new year, new you” messages and postings, and I know the majority think such verbiage is cliched bullshit. I was such a believer...
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On being a big, fat liar.
Two weeks ago, I went to confession. The line of sinners was surprisingly long; I assume the snowstorm from the previous weekend had kept the faithful at home and away from the church, so everyone was...
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On being the Duckie.
I love 80’s culture; movies, music, fashion – all of it. I’m something like a girl anachronism, born 18 years too late. I should have come of age in that decade of magic, of decadence. It was the last...
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On the struggle with technology.
I absolutely loathe my dependence on technology. I know this may seem like quite the hypocritical statement as I am using my computer and the internet and social media to update my narcissistic,...
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On the point being to keep trying.
“In the stories, though, it’s worth it. Always worth it to have tried, even if you fail, even if you fall like a meteor forever. Better to have flamed in the darkness, to have inspired others, to have...
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On being random, dismantling and finally updating.
It’s been over two months since the last time I posted, and there’s nothing I want more than to tell you I’ve been doing wonderfully interesting things, that I’ve been really and truly living. But that...
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On making things better … or worse.
About three weeks ago, I went on a date with some guy I met online. We met on the boardwalk, which I liked. He looked only a little bit like his picture, but I’m sure the same could be said for me –...
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On new optimism.
“The future’s just a fucking concept meant to keep us from being alive today.” – “Six Feet Under” “New Year’s is so weird, the way it makes you think about time. I think that’s why people put so much...
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On misery.
I know I haven’t updated like I said I would, which is not really surprising. At least I have excellent news to share. I applied and was accepted to attend The Writer’s Hotel writing conference. It’s...
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On “poetry”-perfect beginnings.
“The moment I fell in love with you was a moment I’d been waiting my whole life for.” Episode One: Poetry-Perfect Beginning I know I’ve used this line before (and probably for a very similar reason; I...
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On how it’s gonna be.
The Final Episode: “How’s it gonna be//when you don’t know me//anymore.” So, where did he and I go from there? For starters, he lied to me about dating her in spite of the face that I had also...
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