I took this picture of a display outside the workshop of a local folk artist because I wanted my husband to see it and I assumed uptight passersby would complain and he would have to take it down. It’s still there.

Wicked busy today. And I know I didn’t blog yesterday—it was a tough day. Watching the Red Sox parade alone made me insanely miss my dad and it pretty much wiped me out. And today turns out to be Halloween. Who knew? I need to drag myself back to Walmart and buy some candy.
But […]

Hot dayum, it’s a good time to be a New England sports fan. Red Sox win the series for the second time. Patriots are kicking ass, taking names and have yet to drop a 1 in the L column. Looking forward to the celebration, where I assume Beckett will be […]

The short kid’s school had Harvest Festival today and—though they nixed Halloween costumes a long time ago—they told the kids they could dress up as a literary character this year. (Yes, that went as well and had as much cheating as you’re thinking.) Besides the blatant stretching of the boundaries (little kitty-cat hooker costume was […]

So I was trying to do Haiku for my books. I have no idea why. I’m guessing because of the Smart Bitches contest.
It’s hard. Especially when one tends to think in limerick form. So far I’ve only managed one.
Kiss Me Deadly:

The Unkind has come
But she lives, resists and loves
Uh-oh, they’re mad now

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My 7th grader is now learning about fairy tales in literature.
Wait for it…
They’re watching “Hoodwinked”.
Yes, you read that correctly. Apparently in our curriculum, all you have to do to study fairy tales in literature is watch an animated, badly strung-together string of crude, fairy tale-derived jokes.
At least if they watched “Shrek” they […]

I was so excited the Red Sox went up 3-0 in the first inning I almost dropped my laptop, so I shut it down and curled up with my fleece blanket and my cats to cheer them on. Now it’s 13-1 in the bottom of the sixth and it’s probably safe to let my mind […]

Gasp. I know. There are no rules, only things the author does or doesn’t make work, right?
So I’ve been unhappy with the opening of DG3 for quite a while now. I couldn’t find the balance between the reader saying “OMG, what’s going on, I HAVE to know!” and the reader saying “Who are these […]

Brilliant, no? SO many aggravations, so little time.
My family is driving me crazy. I suspect this might have something to do with the fact the four of us demolished two 12-packs of Coke in less than 48 hours.
My laptop is driving me crazy. I get a blue error screen that flashes so quickly I […]

American League Champions! Wicked pissah, of course. And we really have to win the World Series now because Beckett told Papelbon he’d River Dance with him if they win it all. Now that that’s on the table, my life will be incomplete if I don’t get to see it.
I’m ready. Even got my Tessie […]