The years, they fly by

April 9, 2008

Conversation on the phone with my best friend today: “Cr-ap. My internet connection just went out. The cable company’s doing maintenance today.” “Oh, no. For how long?” “They said until maybe 5:00. That’s, let me see…5 hours from now. Dammit.” (Do I swear too much?) “Seriously, don’t they know you have blogs to read?” “I […]

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Life imitating hell, and turning it all around

April 8, 2008

Have you ever had one of those days when you’ve made an ass of yourself (and maybe even a couple of other people), and after trying to clean up that mess, you’re cranky, and tired and overwhelmed? The laundry is miles high. You can’t find a single clean spoon in the kitchen. Boy tells Girl, […]

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We have a winner!

April 6, 2008

The results of the contest were protected by the accounting firm of Girl and Boy, LLC. Their services include drawing bits of paper from a pretty round box, and pretending an air mattress is a boat. (Shh, they’re playing happily working hard. Please do not disturb!)The winner of the one-year subscription to Victoria Magazine is […]

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Favorite things

April 5, 2008

Today I’m just sharing a few things that make me happy or are touchstones for me. The Kiss, Auguste Rodin ______________________________________________ And this, one of my favorite quotes. I still remember sitting at a restaurant with my best friend when we discovered we were reading the same book (with this quote in it), and started […]

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Fears and Events and Prayers, Part III

April 4, 2008

My mother “I am happy and well. Thanks for asking. And thanks for the pictures, although I’m puzzled as to why you are sending them to me. Unless there’s been a development I’m not aware of, I don’t have a daughter named Jennifer. According to your birth certificate, your mother’s name is Sue…perhaps you should […]

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The Girl who cried wolf

April 3, 2008

Would someone please tell George Bush that the word terrorists has three syllables? Yes, three. The word is not terr-ists. It is ter-ror-ists. Are we supposed to be fighting terrists instead? Because maybe all this time we’ve been going after the wrong people. _____________________________ Would someone please tell me who told the Girl that the […]

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Victoria (and a giveaway)

April 2, 2008

Was anyone else as excited as I was (and my cousin B), to hear that Victoria Magazine had resumed publication last fall? The first time I read Victoria, I was staying in my cousin’s bedroom at her parents’ house. I think she was away at college, and I don’t remember why I was at their […]

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I need a name for this feeling

April 1, 2008

You know that feeling you have when you’ve woken up just before the best part of a dream? When you wake up right when _________ (fill in the blank) was leaning in to kiss you? Or just as the big secret was about to be revealed? That feeling that comes when you’ve been dreaming of […]

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Glitter, glitter everywhere, and I could use a drink

March 10, 2008

Or a shrink. Either way. Both? The other night, as I walked through the living room toward the kitchen, the glow of lamplight picked up little bits of sparkle that weren’t there the night before. Is the Tooth Fairy real? I marveled. It looked like fairy dust, right in my living room. My investigation discovered […]

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Abandon hope…sort of

March 8, 2008

I found this doormat in a catalog a few years ago, and it makes me laugh. I wouldn’t have the nerve to put it at my front door, but I did save the image to my computer (violating all sorts of copyrights, surely). The quote itself (minus the small print, of course), comes from Dante’s […]

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