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 [...]
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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 [...] I haven’t even finished my current project, and yet, here I go starting something else, SearchingForRosie.wordpress.com. You see, I have a Google Alert set for “Rosie the Riveter” and so I keep getting links in my InBox to cool articles, and now I have a place to share them. And start [...] I should be working on my dissertation, also known as my memoir. I’ve made some progress over the past week: I printed out all 200 pages. This was the easy part. (except for the part where the Lobo Lab on campus was closed, so I had to go to the Library, and use the [...] All week I’ve been sluggish and weepy. You see, today, April 15th, is the fifth anniversary of my father’s death. It’s especially ironic that he died on April 15ht because he left us ten years of unpaid taxes–unpaid and unfiled, and unopened notices from the IRS… That’s my Dad on the right, me in [...] Ok, I’m not really a reality t.v. show junkie– but there are a few that fascinate me, and here’s why, in no particular order: 1. Project Runway. I love seeing how people make stuff. I like to see how different artists / designers approach each challenge. I like to watch the designers sewing stuff– [...] |
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