Charlie Bean: Picture Day at Soccer

Charlie Bean: Picture Day at Soccer: Today was picture day for soccer. When the photographer was taking the team photo I said, "wait, where's Charlie?" He had taken himself ou...

idiosyncrasies of me: The face you see

idiosyncrasies of me: The face you see: The face you see may not really be the face of me; it may not show you who I am. You may not see who I don't want you to see. I am me; It i...

idiosyncrasies of me: The Helm

idiosyncrasies of me: The Helm: "Anyone can be at the helm when the sea is calm." Calm waters can create confidence in those who may not necessarily be the best behind the...

idiosyncrasies of me: Charlie and the Plastic Potty

idiosyncrasies of me: Charlie and the Plastic Potty: One night when Charlie was getting ready to get in the tub, he decided, 'now, this is the time to shriek!' Without another thought, he was...

idiosyncrasies of me: Underground.

idiosyncrasies of me: Underground.: It's where I go when things get too much.

idiosyncrasies of me: a cottage - on a tiny, out-of-the-way harbor

idiosyncrasies of me: a cottage - on a tiny, out-of-the-way harbor: This house...has the life. It sits on a secluded island overlooking a harbor. Few know its obscure location. Dock hanging over crisp coo...

idiosyncrasies of me: The Prompt - Manual

idiosyncrasies of me: The Prompt - Manual: If you were to write a manual what would be the product? Well, I did. And it was a manual for a heart rate monitor. The audience was an ...

idiosyncrasies of me: So Far From Epic

idiosyncrasies of me: So Far From Epic: My disappointment in this new trend of describing the great as epic mounts. My fear? That epic will become the new awesome. And how sad i...

idiosyncrasies of me: When Is Enough, Enough?

idiosyncrasies of me: When Is Enough, Enough?: About three weeks ago, I responsibly decided - after the peer pressure of my family - to snort up a near dead strain of the flu. Within a f...

idiosyncrasies of me: Journal Entry #7 - Breakthrough? Or Blue Lipstick

idiosyncrasies of me: Journal Entry #7 - Breakthrough? Or Blue Lipstick: I am not positive but I may have come to a decision last night. As I was reading Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg I got permissi...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 9 Success or Failure

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 9 Success or Failure: I left the house disappointed in myself, my story writing skills, and my indecision. And pissed at my migraines. They steal so much from m...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 10 An Inability To Listen

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 10 An Inability To Listen: I know many wives and mothers who will claim this same afflicion of their husbands and children - an inability to listen. But honestly, tru...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 11 A Brand New Day

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 11 A Brand New Day: Last night thunder and lightning threatened cooler weather, and though the air does have a bit of a chill it seems that today is going to be...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 13 In Between

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 13 In Between: Been taking notes on the book The Anatomy of Story. Finished reading Writing Down the Bones and looking forward to rereading Bird By Bird ...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 16 A Feverish Deadline - Between Assignments

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 16 A Feverish Deadline - Between Assignments: Since I last wrote I've been up and down. That is my temperature has been up and down. I have been reading short stories in bed... Well ...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 17 Between the Harbor and the School

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 17 Between the Harbor and the School: National Blog Posting Month - NaBloPoMo Here is the prompt for this months theme, between: List two things (however close or far) that you...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 18 Sick and Sicker

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 18 Sick and Sicker: As I said, last Tuesday and Wednesday I had a fever, by the weekend I was coughing like crazy and surmounting Sunday with a red eye, stuffed...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 19 The Sandwich of Time

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 19 The Sandwich of Time: With every step forward we are closer to who we're striving to become, farther from pain, from anger, from hurt. We are not where we wer...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 19 The Sandwich of Time

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 19 The Sandwich of Time: With every step forward we are closer to who we're striving to become, farther from pain, from anger, from hurt. We are not where we wer...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 21 Response to Reality

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 21 Response to Reality: The prompt for today over at NaBloPoMo - Between your mother and your father, who are you more alike? I'd like to say neither but in re...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 23 Headache

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 23 Headache: It's hard to want to write with a headache. Yesterday one built all day with every activity culminating in this morning's migraine and resc...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 24 Can't Read it Days

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 24 Can't Read it Days: Today happens to be one of those - can't read it days - unfortunately today is also final draft one act play day. Little changes and a prin...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 26 Feature - Proud Warrior - Notes

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 26 Feature - Proud Warrior - Notes: Rough Draft of the feature article is due tomorrow. Yesterday I went back to the doctor because my sinus infection did not go away after ...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 29 Final Project

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 29 Final Project: The time to begin thinking "Final Project" has come and gone for Final Project is due next Wednesday. Whether this is Rough Draft or not I ...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 32 Bad Back and Standing Up Thanksgiving

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 32 Bad Back and Standing Up Thanksgiving: Have I mentioned that I have lordosis? I don't think I have. It's no big deal. It just means that I have a pronounced curve in my spine. ...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 35 Wild Ride

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 35 Wild Ride: In just a few more hours my final project is due. So I'll be working on that again in a bit but I first wanted to tell you about this morni...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 39 Ten Things From The Past Week

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 39 Ten Things From The Past Week: Hmm. They can be microscopic - but they need to be ten. 1. the lego tree 2. the untruthful beggar and various similarities 3. Rudy with ...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 41 Back Outta Wack or Head on Straight?

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 41 Back Outta Wack or Head on Straight?: The finale? Migraine. Shoulda known. It's a let down migraine, and I've been known to get those too. A double dose of migraine Rx has m...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 42 Rollo and Legs

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 42 Rollo and Legs: The Shriners Clowns. That's the one. The thing that happened within the past week that makes me buzz. It has story written all over it. ...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 43 Sign

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 43 Sign: The next GWW prompt. A bit about freewriting then this... "Sam wasn't sure if it was a wonderful sign or a sign of disaster but Sam knew......

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 46 Alice

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 46 Alice: Lewis Carroll used to get migraines. Maybe that is why he made such fanciful stuff. He had to get away. I just did an internet search on...

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 48 The Fog Has Lifted

idiosyncrasies of me: JE 48 The Fog Has Lifted: It has been four days since I've seen the sun. The foghorn blaring day and night. But the fog I am most relieved to see dissipate is that ...