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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Oh, no! NaNoWriMo!
I read an article the other day that said nobody wants to read another blog about writing. Apparently, there are too many out there already. I was unaware of that, but I don’t want to be accused of adding to … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging
Tagged blogging, creativity, life, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, personal, Writers Resources, Writing
36 Comments
Oh Horror, Horror, Horror
A piercing screech shattered the silence of the quiet afternoon, setting my teeth on edge, like fingernails on a chalkboard. My shoulders tensed, anticipating the next shriek. It came, even more curdling than the first. The blood drained from my … Continue reading
Another Look at Instinct
Yesterday I watched a flock of swallows, in tight formation, flying in one direction, suddenly shift their flight path and fly in another direction. They moved instantaneously, as one, with not one straggler, not one that made the formation appear … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging
Tagged home, humor, Instinct, life, Love, marriage, personal, relationships, women
19 Comments
So Sorry to Have Left Without a Note of Good-bye
Last night, as my husband and I were driving along the Eastern Shore in the dark, not passing car after car (if you’ve ever driven on the Eastern Shore in the dead of night, you would understand), my phone rang. … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging
Tagged Blog, blogging, Boston, community, Eastern Shore, life, Mount Auburn Cemetery, personal, Rehoboth Beach Delaware, relationships, women, Writing
46 Comments
Get This Worm Out of My Head!
It’s starting all over again. My head was finally clear of all constantly repeating tunes, and then I sat down at the piano and played Vangelis’s Hymne. Now, a day later, it is still roaming around inside my consciousness, pushing … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging
Tagged arias, humor, life, mozart, music, percy granger, personal, skye boat song, Vivaldi
23 Comments
What’s So Funny?
I talk to everybody. That has always been a source of amusement to my husband and probably to the rest of my family and close friends. I’m a people watcher, and whenever I see something, in my opinion, that merits a … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging
Tagged Classical music, family, home, humor, life, marriage, personal, Pledge drive, Radio, relationships, WHRO, women
37 Comments
Cultural Literacy
Every morning when the newspaper comes, my dear husband always hands me the most important section first: the comics. One of my favorite comic strips is one called Zits, about the life and trials of raising a teenage boy. A … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, children, Cultural Literacy, culture, Education, learning, life, personal
30 Comments