Not calling after a date is one thing. “Forgetting” to return a call (or two or twenty) from that friend who you now realize is craZy (and not in a good way) is socially acceptable. But not replying, in any way shape or form, to not just a job application (from a [...]
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January 28 is the anniversary of my mother’s death. Sometimes I forget, but my body always remembers. I become achy. I want to hunker down in my own house, stay in bed longer than usual. Here in Albuquerque it’s easy to chalk it up to winter–January is the coldest month–but it’s neither winter nor [...] The comment from my professor and the chair of my dissertation committee, scrawled at the bottom of a section titled “Baking Banana Bread,” and barely legible said: “I think this section needs to do more.” But WHAT? I wanted to scream. Instead, I pondered, I mulled, I percolated, I discussed with friends. Did [...] Anyone who has followed my blog (both of you) may have noticed that I’ve not posted anything since–gasp!– July! The good news is that I’ve been focused on other writing endeavors, most importantly The Dissertation– the book that I am writing that will get me the M.F.A. in creative writing for which I came to [...] So far during this month I’ve had the opportunity to spend a total of seven days in Taos, New Mexico. First, I attended the University of New Mexico’s Taos Summer Writers’ Conference. This annual conference will always hold a special place in my heart. The first time I attended the conference, in 2005, I [...] One of my pet peeves about Facebook is the plethora of posts that go something like this: If you care about [insert your favorite cause here] then change your Facebook status….
I care about a lot of things, for a lot of reasons: Children: They are our future…. plus they’re cute, and defenseless. [...] You may think I’m not the most patriotic American you’ll ever meet. I don’t go around saying “God Bless America” or waving the flag. I don’t fly the flag on holidays, and in fact, I gave away the flag that was my grandfather’s–a retired Admiral in the U.S. Navy, he flew his flag on [...] When my Dad died in 2006, my sister and I inherited a ton of DVDs. Most of them were of movies neither I nor my sister were interested in ever watching (like all the Bruce Willis Die Hard movies) and the collection of Steven Seagal flicks… as sensitive and progressive as my Dad was, [...] <ON MY SOAPBOX> When did we forget The Golden Rule? (to do unto others as you would have them do unto you, in case you are one who has forgotten). It’s a code of moral behavior that predates Christ (and Christianity for that matter). Through my extensive research (glancing at the above linked Wikipedia [...] Bisquick Easy Deep Dish Pizza It’s weird, how memories come back slowly, at least that’s how it works for me. I’ve been working on this essay / chapter and I wrote that I didn’t recall ever eating pizza with my Mom, that I couldn’t recall what her favorite pizza was, and that it [...] |
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