Sometimes you know that you will be away from home for a long time and that this will require sustenance. Such was the case today. I was scheduled to work 12-6, but had to pick up Alex from my mom in Flint and get a few items from the grocery store. Without planning ahead, this [...]
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mom, writer, cook, runner; in that order.
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Sep 12
Battle Zucchini
It was worse than a dark and story night. It was a summer day that felt like fall, the kind of day that made you want to slaughter and devour pumpkins, preferably while quaffing cider. Then, at the wrong place and the wrong time entered a zucchini. A monster of a zucchini. There was no [...]
Sep 11
Day 3
I spent a lot of time in the car today. Thinking of my decision to focus on the creative, however, made me think about one of my novels as I drove to Flint. I now know something crucial about the relationship between Damian and Karma. Yes! Now, to get to that writing…
Sep 10
Day 2
The thing about vowing to dedicate a year to creativity is to find the time for it. Today was one of those days when time was more scarce than it should be. It was the kind of day when you just have to make the decision at the beginning of the day that you are [...]
Sep 09
My Creative Year
This is it, the thirtieth birthday. I am as full of, wait-I’m-not-twenty-something-anymore angst as a lot of people when it comes to this milestone birthday. I remember saying, as a child, “on 9-9-09, I’ll be 30,” and I thought that was the coolest thing ever. And now that the day has come, well, I still [...]
Sep 05
Julie and Julia
Once upon a time, I wrote a poem that made some allusions to Julia Child’s sex life. When I workshopped the poem at my writing group, I saw some eyebrows raise at the very notion. Upon seeing the Julie and Julia film, I feel vindicated. Watching Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci play Julia and Paul [...]