I'm way behind in reading stuff I like online ( Read more... )

My Uncle Johnny is in the hospital on life support. He's been there a week now, being treated for complications of pneumonia. I've been on standby, waiting to go with my Mom, who has been relying on his wife and her siblings to tell her what's going on, but who also has been making up excuses for why she should go later. My mother doesn't do ( Read more... )

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We have an overabundance of candy, should anyone want to come calling.  You have to come in costume, though. There's a new a Halloween tradition at our house - when we set up the candy for trick-or-treaters, we separate out all the tootsie rolls into their own bowl.  That's for the teenagers who don't even bother to put on a mask, much ( Read more... )

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Picking something to forget is much like picking something you regret - that you wish had never happened. That is to say, I'm hard-pressed to choose anything, because as terrible as some experiences are, who's to say I would like my life better without them ( Read more... )

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I have spent the last two days revising ten pages that I said I was done revising last week. This is what distance and clarity does - it reveals how over-close and foggy you were when you thought you were being clever. Bah ( Read more... )

Day 17: Favorite Memory ( Read more... )

Said goodbye to my aunt jean on New Year's Day. Have decided that one of my life's goals will be to have someone mention my "colorful language" at my funeral, and make everyone laugh. How odd it is to recognize shared family traits with someone after they're gone - and her so very tiny too. But not in memory. Much love, Regina, you will be missed.