Archive for July, 2009

An Open Letter to Our Neighbors, Thug Life: Part II

Dear Neighbors,     I know we don’t get to talk often, Thug Life – can I call you Thug Life? I don’t actually know your names, silly woman that I am, although you’re usually passed out in a puddle of your own bodily fluids asleep while I’m at work and when I’m trying to sleep you are drunk, [...]

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Growing

              Growing up, my dad let me pick out the flowers for the flower bed in front of our screened back porch. Top of the list was always snapdragons with their elaborate blooms that, if you pinch gently in the right place, animate the dragon’s velvet petal jaws. I wanted zinnias with their blasts [...]

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Pre-Birthday Musings

    Independence Day signals not only the full onset of summer, it’s also the prelude to the anniversary of my appearance on this earth. My birthday is coming along soon and this year I started noticing signs that I’m getting old(er).  Here’s the top of mind list:     1. “Teh Yearz, They R Gud 2 [...]

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