I’m back…..
A and I took a 2 ½ week road trip, during which I intended to post occasional nuggets from the road that wended its way up through North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, and then back down to North Carolina.
Well, the road trip to anywhere is paved [Continue reading]
Fellow blogger Parrot Writes set out this flash fiction challenge for last week:
We are traveling 60 mph on the interstate going home from our Ashland stay. Suddenly we see brakelights four or five cars ahead of us and watch a minivan swerve off to the shoulder of the highway and slide to an immediate [Continue reading]
This one’s for mothers of teenagers. Dayner? DS? Sorry I didn’t get this out on Mom’s Day. I’d spent most of the night in the hospital emergency room with my neighbor and was pretty tired, but probably not as tired as she was. Eoew, I’d forgotten how much head wounds [Continue reading]
Here’s my Sunday world, in about 25 miles and five hours.
The yoga babes connect and head for the 10:15 ferry, which is currently at the “yellow” threat level, according to TSA. Given how peaceful it is here on the water, I’m inclined to think that refers to the yellow-green pollen, which is coating [Continue reading]
The Washington Post does a great contest every spring called the Washington Post Peeps Diorama Contest. This link provides background info, pictures of the semi-finalists and even videos of the five finalists. I chose to add a picture of one of the finalists, Goodnight Peep, because this is a, uh, semi-literary blog and [Continue reading]
Dan Wilson is an amazing musician — Here’s his Valentine greeting: “I am sending this song to you all as a Valentine’s greeting. Maybe you’ll want to forward the link to someone you love, someone for whom you wish all good things. I would like it if you did. Please pass it on.”
So that’s what [Continue reading]
Back in December, I wrote about getting a new cookbook, Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar. I said I would let you know what I thought after trying out some of the recipes for Christmas. Today seems like the day, since some of my writing buddies are lusting after Dunkin Donuts AND [Continue reading]
Driving through our nation’s capitol on December 23rd — especially following a record-breaking snowstorm — is not a good idea. The number of cars is staggering, and a crazed lunatic is at the wheel of every moving vehicle.
Out-of-towners ogle the monuments while driving 8 mph and locals leaving work early gun their engines whenever 10 [Continue reading]
Alex made it safely back to Boston yesterday. He said it was the worst flight he’d ever been on, which didn’t surprise me since 55 mph wind gusts were buffeting the New England coastline in the afternoon.
The flight attendant asked him if he’d be willing to change seats so a family traveling together [Continue reading]
(Picture by amazing North Carolina artist Kristin Gibson; poem by me…)
Pomegranate
Ruby juice splashes out on the kitchen wallpaper and
the peppermint-striped candles set on the countertop.
Red dots hit [Continue reading]