December 2010
12 posts
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November 2010
15 posts
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2 years
Two years ago today, it was Black Friday. Day after Thanksgiving.
It was also the day my nephew, Ethan died.
When he was four he was diagnosed with Heptoblastoma. Cancer. Childrens liver cancer. He fought it for two years before he died. Two years of chemo, and blood work and surgery and more I probably don’t know about.
Just before he was diagnosed, we had two deaths in the family. Just...
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No Sunlight
When I was young, lying in the grass
I felt so safe in a warming bath
Of sunlight
Of sunlight
Fast open sky could do no harm
Like an embrace of a mothers arms
In sunlight [4x]
With every year that came to pass
More clouds appeared ‘til the sky went black
And there was
No sunlight,
No sunlight.
And there was
No sunlight,
No sunlight anymore.
It disappeared with the same...
Hmmm
This morning on the tram from the parking lot to Disneys Animal Kingdom, I was asked an interesting question. One I’ve never been asked before, and I never expected getting asked. We were talking with a family and they had a little girl who was maybe 8 or 9. (I’m really bad at guessing ages. She may have been 6 or 12 for all I know.) she asked me this question:
“are you a boy...
Leaving on a jet plane...
…but I know when I’ll be back again!
Tomorrow I’m flying away. Far, far away.
Well, to Orlando. Where it’s green. And warm. And happy! And, Im going to Disney World. Because hey, my parents are paying!
How did this come about? You might ask. Well, it’s a long story. But since this is my blog, you get to hear, er, read, the whole thing!
It all started a few...
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I'm in trouble
It’s almost a week into nanowrimo. I still only have about 4,000 words. Which, by the way, it says over there. On your right. And it’s nothing. Absolutely nothing.
So I have to figure out if I actually want to do this or not. What all’s holding me back?
1- the keyboard. I thought I’d be much better at this keyboard than I am. And it autocorrects wrong and typos drive...
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I read this book. You should, too.
So, I have never reviewed a book before. Like, ever. I was supposed to a few years ago, but then I didn’t. Because I didn’t know how.
But, I’ve fallen in love with this book. I read it at least once a month, just because it’s so funny. And sometimes, I really need a laugh. (ok, most of the time)
What book is this?
Mercury Falls, by Robert Kroese.
You’ve...
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Song of the day →
Today I wrote about last November, while I was in England. I remember listening to this song over and over again. So I’ll share it with you. And why I connected to it. Even now, these thoughts are a part of me.
Numb, by Linkin Park
“I’m tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
Don’t know what you’re expecting of me
Put...
Whoops
So yesterday was…bad. Not that I was depressed or anything. I was just out of it. Due to um, not going to bed Monday night. Or rather, I went to bed, I just sat and watched “Bones” on my iPad (using netflix) all night. All. Flippin’. Night.
This is me, who doesn’t get into tv. Who prefers books and music.
Who is now really into this one TV show.
I know...
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NaNoWriMo
I’m doing it. Or trying to, at least.
Don’t know what it is? It stands for National Novel Writing Month. You sign up and try to write a novel in 30 days. At least, you try to write words that form sentences that might follow a plot with characters that might work. Oh, and it needs to be 50,000 words long.
Do I think it’ll make me an author? Heck no. But is it fun? Heck...
