Musical Monday: The Wheel
This song has been running through my head quite a bit these past couple of weeks. It could be that I’m in a particular mood lately (see last Monday’s post), or it could be I’ve been listening to a lot of the Grateful Dead’s 1976 summer tour, where this song was in the rotation quite […]
Phrase Nerd Friday: Drinking the Kool-Aid
“I’m not drinking anymore of Lou’s Kool-Aid.”–Mike Danton Mike Danton was just a rookie when he uttered this phrase some time in 2002. He had played all of three games or so with the New Jersey Devils, suffered an injury, then refused assignment to the minor leagues, preferring instead to sit around and do nothing. […]
Monday Musing: Penultimates
Spring is supposed to be the time of beginning, a time of newness, yet I find myself looking at lasts. Last week, for example, the Catbird performed in the high school’s spring concert, which is the last official performance for that group for the year. Both band and chorus directors acknowledged the seniors in their […]
Funny?
About a week ago, someone on another forum (not writing related) posted a series of funny pictures, peeled from a website. Here’s one of them: It’s a sticker that you put on your luggage, the sort of thing that will cause, presumably, many a head to turn when you’re wheeling through the airport. Looks like […]
That Was Unexpected
Yesterday, I was out mowing my lawn, an activity made slightly more difficult than normal by the fact that I haven’t done it in two weeks for the front half and three for the back. The good thing is the it-grows-so-fast-it’-put-on-three-inches-in-the-time-it-took-to-read-this part of the season is over; I was able to get the front half […]
Love and Hate (of my words)
It is a sentiment held by many that familiarity breeds contempt. Indeed, there is plenty of reason for this to hold true. Quite often, a person we admire someone from afar turns out to be a total jerkwad when we get to know them. It’s a bit of a letdown, to say the least. I […]
Three Ps: Tips on Readings
I swear, this will be my last post on this sort of thing for a while (at least two weeks, that is; on the 17th, we’re doing another public reading at another local arts center). At least this one is going to be useful–I hope! Many people quake at the notion of reading their work […]
Reading Day, Part III
Years ago I was friends with someone who had the uncanny ability to stretch her birthday out from a single day to a week-long celebration. There was the happy hour/dinner with work folks; there was the dinner out with her non-work friends; if she had a boyfriend, there was a birthday dinner with him; and […]
Reading Day, Part II
So, we had our launch party and reading for our Writers’ Circle anthology last night. How did it go, you ask? More coming on Friday, maybe even a couple of pictures. Let’s just say it was a good time, the feedback was great, and now it’s back to ‘the real world’. Hope you all had […]
Reading Day
I’m likely to break with tradition this week and either post twice today, or again tomorrow. It’s my blog, and I can do what I want here, after all. Today is reading day for our Writers’ Circle, beginning around 5:30 the first of our members will take the stage in front of an audience that […]