Our apartment building butts up against a nature preserve. This preserve was a major selling point for us when we looked at the apartment since Cara’s room [now Ollie’s room] has a great view of the woods and it’s almost like we’re in a house instead of an apartment. Well…if you ignore all of the… Continue reading The Owls
That Time I Ran Over a Kid and His Bicycle
When you’re in young and in college, you look for all kinds of ways to make easy money with minimal effort. My best friend knew a guy who was a manager at one of the Papa John’s places in town and she just knew that she could get BOTH of us jobs. I needed money… Continue reading That Time I Ran Over a Kid and His Bicycle
The Porn Drawer
“You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s the signpost up ahead — your next stop, the Twilight Zone.” We bought our “truck” – that’s what we call our SUV – back in 2004.… Continue reading The Porn Drawer
They Must Have Switched Places
Today, the day of Oliver’s make-up one year doctor’s appointment, Oliver decided to have a psychological break. Actually, I think that he and his sister did one of those crazy changaroo things like in that horrible movie with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis where they switch places and all types of zaniness ensues. You… Continue reading They Must Have Switched Places
Mandatory Fun
When I was little – four or five maybe – I would guilt my dad into renting a hotel room at the local Holiday Inn so that I could go swimming in the Holidome[!!!] – you can’t write “Holidome” without including several exclamation points. The hotel was a good distraction from staying out in the… Continue reading Mandatory Fun
Johann – A Working Title
This is totally a work in progress. I was on my way somewhere else with this and somehow ended up here. Read it if you want but don’t be too mean with your comments. This is the really shitty draft before the shitty first draft. I just had to get it down so I wouldn’t… Continue reading Johann – A Working Title
Sarah’s Key
I think it was last year [I say think since I don’t actually know when] I was sent a book called Sarah’s Key and whether it was due to the fact that I had other stuff on my plate at the time or just me forgetting about the book, I never read it. I meant… Continue reading Sarah’s Key
The Creek
I laid myself, ever so gingerly, back on the sharp rocks. I had an instant mental image of a sideshow at a dirty roadside carnival with a barker beckoning passersby to witness the amazing feat of a woman lying comfortably on a bed of nails. I stared up at the bright blue sky. There wasn’t… Continue reading The Creek
Mania and a Pat on My Back
I am MAKING myself write. Just writing that made me feel all tired and stuff. All day, I’ve had wonderful, prize winning posts floating around in my head and now that I sit down to actually write something, I just want to close the tab. I have it on very good authority that I’m manic… Continue reading Mania and a Pat on My Back
As Big As the Sky
I’ve been slacking on this whole “work” thing like crazy [imagine that] and haven’t checked my email in a coon’s age. So, imagine my chagrin when I sat down at my laptop this morning, coffee in hand, and checked my email only to find a rather shitty email about my post that I wrote on… Continue reading As Big As the Sky
The Dentist Who Ruined It All for Me
Several years ago, my wisdom teeth were giving me all kinds of grief. Since I was a young college student who made about 7k a year, I didn’t have the cash to get those damn teeth cut out of my head. My mom gave me a trip to the dentist as a birthday present and… Continue reading The Dentist Who Ruined It All for Me
Dolla Bills, Y’all
You know you’ve spent way too much time away from your website when you find yourself typing the sentence, “See? I’m not dead.” I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: sometimes work [and that damn Twilight series] takes precedence over my site. When this site pays as much as work then I’ll be… Continue reading Dolla Bills, Y’all