From the monthly archives:
So, it’s New Year’s Eve, and I am lying here on the pullout couch watching a repeat of the NBA game in which Brandon Jennings scored 55 points.
Not exactly the way I’d envisioned welcoming 2010.
The day before, I’d suffered a bout of diverticulitis. For those who don’t know, it’s a digestive disease, and an attack [...]
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The continuing tale of a woman who escapes her nowhere life by traveling the world of imagination.
The knock comes louder this time.
“Room service.”
Maya squinches her eyes tightly.
“Hello? Maya?”
There’s a pounding on her temple.
“Anyone in there?”
Maya opens her eyes to find Jenny’s knuckles rapping on her head. A deli bag drops in front of her.
“Turkey and [...]
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My cat Dexter just pooped on my bed again.
He’s been doing it since we moved to the condo a few months ago. I’m at a loss, really. I’ve yelled, I’ve cried, I’ve scruffed him and hissed like mama cat. I bought him a ton of toys and a huge new cat tree, and had my [...]
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I just watched the Washington Redskins lose to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football. They got wouped.
I feel their pain.
This year just thrashed me. All of the loss it brought has left me whipped and worn out. For months, I’ve been saying I can’t wait for 2009 to end but, now that it’s nearly [...]
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The continuing tale of a woman who escapes her nowhere life by traveling the world of imagination.
Dessert and coffee now finished, the dinner mates said their adieus or made plans to meet in the lounge for aperitifs. Eventually, only Spencer and Maya were left at the table.
“Let’s go,” she said.
“You’ve got to be kidding! You’ve [...]
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Well, she’s kind of like an artist
Sittin’ on the floor
Never finishes, she abandons
Never shows a soul ….
Thought about, not understood
She’s achin’ to be
“Achin’ to Be”
Words by Paul Westerberg, Performed by The Replacements
Wow, can I relate. And not just because I relate to pretty much everything Paul Westerberg writes, being of the same era and a [...]
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The continuing tale of a woman who escapes her nowhere life by traveling the world of imagination.
“May I say you look lovely this evening, Mrs. Maya?” exclaimed Pino, leaning in far too closely as he placed a dinner roll on her plate.
Pino was the headwaiter at Maya’s table aboard the luxury cruise ship, MS Diversion. [...]
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