Category: general

16
Jun
2009

CALLING OSCAR!

This is Karin (Liz kid) and this is my script for a movie that I’m gonna make on a game. Its a Comedy action romance movie. The dark ninja *beach* (Henry and Elizabeth kissing) Elizabeth: I don’t want you to leave. Henry: I must, i have a big test tomorrow, and i may not come back. Elizabeth: Honey, don’t say things like that. Henry: I’ll always have you in my heart. (Henry leaves) —————————————————— (new set) *the living room* (Elizabeth looking at picture and is sad) —————————————————— (new set) *Subway station* (Henry stands waiting for train) ——————————————————- (new set) *train*...

14
Jun
2009

WHEN THE DOG BITES, WHEN THE BEE STINGS, WHEN I’M FEELING SAD

moose word origins leaves sleeping in reading a good trilogy playing games my grandmother’s gingersnaps finding a new artist velvet unpredictable movie endings belly laughs lily of the valley spice cake getting mail hugs from my family sushi sushi sushi! being helpful CATS knowing the answers to questions wikipedia singing silly songs deviled eggs antique markets bright blue skies magpies poetry that lights your head on fire ordering books browsing bookstores a stack of much anticipated books to read my bookworms book group the smell of freshly-baked bread the smell of freshly-cut grass cinnamon sugar toast clean sheets on a...

11
Jun
2009

LIGHT TOMORROW WITH TODAY*

My stomach was so upset with nerves before my doctor’s appointment this afternoon that I seriously thought I would throw up. All for a little lump! I got there early and the doctor was an older man, a bit bear-like, with a kindly expression. It was the fastest I’ve ever been felt up in my life. 😀 He examined me and then said that he couldn’t really feel anything that warranted worry: “nothing dangerous,” he said. But he’s scheduling me for a mammogram just to be sure. I feel much better, I have to say. Tomorrow is my last day...

10
Jun
2009

YOU’VE GOT TO DO SOME DANCING TO GET IN THE MOOD!

I’m not in the MOOD to write. What AM I in the mood for? Glenn Miller songs and convertibles. Summer evenings and those retro lawn chairs made of soft round strips that make lines on the back of your thighs. Backrubs, footrubs, headrubs. Deviled eggs and rice krispie treats. POPSICLES. digression/ I bought a box of Hello Kitty popsicles at the grocery store this evening, partly because they were grape & cherry flavored (!) and partly because I wanted to see the expression on Karin’s face when I handed her the box /end digression I’m in the mood for cleaning...

07
Jun
2009

LISTEN & LEARN, READ & REMEMBER

I love reading posts about reading and books and especially young adult and children’s books which I have a huge collection of and soft spot for, and this post by new blog find Diamond in the Window made me laugh out loud. I knew EXACTLY what she meant by “one of us” and EXACTLY how she felt by having some of her recommendations rejected by her kids. Only one of my children is a real reader. Karin reads…usually under pressure, though she does surprise me now and then by picking up something. Usually, however, it’s a Young Jedi book or...

04
Jun
2009

ALL OVER THE MAP

Christina and Rée and Erin are making magic with words. They do it all the time and o! it makes me wild with envy and it makes me stutter with wonder and each word they choose is so right that I find myself holding my breath as I read all the way to the end where the explosive whoosh as my breath releases all at once in a cloud of joy. Some of my blog friends have stopped up their mouths with silence. Did you ever read Harlan Ellison’s I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream? That is what...

03
Jun
2009

FRUSTRATIONS & FRAGMENTARY FEELINGS

I get so aggravated by being slowed up when I’m working fast. Especially by things outside of my control like a constantly crashing computer. I want to be able to move quickly and do quickly and think quickly, preferably at several things at once and not being able to do it smoothly makes me crazy. I can do quick so well when things go smoothly. Something else that drives me crazy is having to do things over or make revisions to something I’ve already finished because someone else changes their mind or misses something or forgets something. It’s human nature,...

01
Jun
2009

BAKER’S DOZEN

The sun is shining. The sky is a bright bright even blue. There was a rainbow-colored hot-air balloon drifting low over the trees in the backyard about half an hour ago while I was on the phone with my sister. The lilacs are nearly finished but now the poppies and irises and peonies are popping. Meadow buttercups dot the grassy sward between our neighborhood and the school, and every green slope along every road and highway is cheerfully whitened with daisy faces. Today is our 13th wedding anniversary and Anders gave me 13 roses. It’s really easy for both of...

29
May
2009

DRAINED

All week I’ve been dreading attending the funeral of my friend, Carol. How do you reconcile the death of someone your own age when there is so much still to DO, so much planned, so many years of experience still to come? When you know that person didn’t want to go, wasn’t ready to go, and went in such a blindingly fast and unjust way? Maybe no one is ever REALLY ready to go, but I suspect that when you’re 90 it’s easier to accept than when you’re half that. The weather today was changeable. It kept changing. It rained...

26
May
2009

JAG SKA BARA

Martin and I were going to go for a walk after dinner, but I had to get a couple of quick things done to finish and publish this month’s AWC newsletter/website and when I was done with that I had to do a quick-read through my friends list and answer emails and as I sat here the room gradually got darker and darker until I got up and turned on the light, and then did a double-take because it was only 7:30…and it’s supposed to still be light out! Then thunder rumbled. bbbuuuuummmmbbbblebooooommmmm, it went. Hmmm…I thought (with my Einstein...

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