Help! I’m drowning in a pile of laundry!
Pen to paper
When was the last time you received a bona fide letter in the mail? The invention of email replaced hand written notes with instantaneous communication. There is no denying the convenience of technology, but the warmth o[...]
Club Intuition
I am standing in the midst of a crowded room. Everyone is wearing black cocktail attire and dancing to music that I can’t hear. Beads of sweat trickle down temples, but I can’t feel the heat. Shadows fall lef[...]
The Light, The Dark & Ember Between
J.W. Nicklaus’s collection of fifteen short stories begins with “Emissary,” a story about a father living in a lighthouse, with his son, daughter-in-law, and mysterious need to keep vigil over the ocean[...]
Dear Mom
Dear Mom, As your oldest child, I was nominated to write this letter to you. I hope you are sitting down. We respectfully request that you stop planning your life as a spinster. It’s not going to happen. Just becau[...]
Blank Slates
The weather is uncharacteristically autumnal in central NJ today. While the leaves are still green, I feel the change in the air. Back to school is approaching. In our neck of the woods, school doesn’t resume until[...]
Let’s play 20 questions!
In the last few moments before I fell asleep last night, I was composing the most poetic blog post to date. My mind was filled with sentences dripping with poignancy and oozing enlightenment. This was a piece of art achi[...]
Hello, Africa!
One of my obsessions when I was a child was Africa. As far as I was concerned, if God was letting the children of Ethiopia starve, He must have given them something really, really significant in exchange for famine. Reme[...]
Please allow me to introduce myself
Hey! You there! Are you visiting from the Lady Bloggers Society Social Tea party? If this is your first time visiting me, you might want to know a couple things about me. 1. I have an on going saga about a boy I’ve[...]
Time Outs
Were you one of those kids who spent some time in the corner as a time out to think about what they’ve done? Me neither. I always wondered what those kids were thinking about as they would call out to the teacher, [...]
Giveaway, Mad Hatter Tea Party, Pear Tree
Happy Un-Birthday to Me!
Today is 33 days after my 33rd birthday — a perfect day to celebrate my un-birthday! Lucky me, today coincides with the Mad Hatter Tea Party! The image is a montage of gifts I would like to receive. Most birthday girls expect gifts. Not me. I’m celebrating by giving stuff away! What tea party would [...]
Sunday Smiles: June 13, 2010
Anais Nin is quoted with writing, “We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.” True words have never been written! Her sentiment can be applied to smiles, too. “Sunday Smiles” is my weekly post to acknowledge the things that made me smile during the week. On tough weeks, sometimes I have [...]
