My Hometown(s) 1. My first hometown is a place I only know through the voice of my father. The rocky beaches, the lonely trailer, the naval base. 2. My second hometown is a place where my sundered parents fought at Eastertime over whose weekend it was. 3. My third hometown gave me a river as […]

The doorbell rings. The children sing. The adults sing, too, but only halfheartedly with busy hands full of scarves and lonely single mittens… and busy heads full of lists and anxious “what if”s rather than words to a time-worn carol. As always, there are somehow too many sopranos. How are there always too many sopranos? […]

Dear Dr. Demento, I do not know what you have your doctorate in. I do not know how you came to have your own radio show. I do not know how you managed to have so many cool friends who are so entertaining. And frankly, I don’t care. I’m just thankful you were around to […]

Long.  Long because he wouldn’t let me cut it.  Long to my butt.  Long catching on anything and everything.  Long giving me headaches. Short.  Not too short. Short because he can’t control me anymore.  Short because it’s what you do when you move away from home to college.  Short because I took the scissors to […]

Well, I mostly made it through NaBloPoMo.  I only phoned it in once, and only missed once, and I guess for a first try it isn’t bad.  Not great, but not bad.  Next year will be better. And now I get to move on to something even more fun than posting every day — a […]

My heart isn’t big enough. Not for the crashing train that hits me when you smile. Not for the iceberg that chills me when you take a spill. Not for the number of towels I need handy for your fantastic teething-open-mouth kisses on my cheeks, and nose, and forehead. Not for the monster sitting on […]

Ok, not really recriminations, I just dig alliteration, and I happen to like that word. “Retractions” perhaps? Yes, that would probably be the better word. Yesterday I accidentally fatfingered a twitter re-tweet. For those of you who don’t know, a “re-tweet” is when you quote another person’s tweet to your own followers, usually adding some […]

Would you believe I almost forgot again that it’s Tuesday?  Luckily, I didn’t.  It may have something to do with the fact that my brain wasn’t distracted by work as it usually is, because my VPN is down so I can’t work. And that’s what I’m going to be thankful for today. No, not that […]

So, only two people have signed up so far for Twitter Literature 2011! I have this sinking suspicion that our final product is going to look something like this: Me: It was a dark and stormy night kitchen. TLanceB: A, B, and C stared in horror through the splattered windows at the approaching zombie horde, […]

If you have not yet done so, and hey there’s a good chance you haven’t ’cause it’s spankin’ new, you MUST MUST MUST go visit this site. I know, I haven’t provided the link yet. The deal is, the name is a bit naughty, and out of repspect for those readers who’d rather not go […]