I’m feeling rather poetic today. Why? Maybe it’s the view outside my kitchen window: Thin lavender clouds, strewn like tattered throw rugs along a pale horizon. (Is “throw rug” ever a poetic phrase?) Or it might be the song that’s stuck in my head: Trousers loosed, Abandoned to battle gravity – beltless. Imprudent-seeming, you Speed their [...]

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Charlie and kids out. I sit on the couch, read, and chat on the Twitter. Time to go get girls, No way – my keys are missing. Where the heck are they? Search the entire house, Every surface in every room. Charlie’s gonna kill me. Where’d I leave them now? Third purse search yields them [...]

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UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: Robin’s back in business! Go visit her to see all the other great poetry! UPDATED FRIDAY EVENING: Poor Robin’s site has been down all day due to a dead computer. So I’ve changed a couple permalinks in this post. And I guess we’ll just have to be patient until she gets [...]

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That’s right, it’s time for my monthly foray into poetry. This month, Robin challenged us to attempt an English Sonnet on the topic of Masks. (See yesterday’s post for an introduction and definitions.) I warned you yesterday: If you only love me for my funny posts, turn back now before it’s too late. Cuz it’s [...]

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FRIDAY, FRIDAY, FRIDAY! It’s… If you read me regularly, you’ve probably come to expect the usual inane and ridiculous observations about my journey as a mom, country dweller, embarrassing world traveler, and word nerd. If that’s all you want to see, you might want to skip tomorrow’s post. Cuz I’m gettin’ all LITERARY on y’all. [...]

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