I’ve had so much on my mind lately – too much to get into right here and now … I’ve been paying Go Daddy for this site since… I don’t even know how long now- at least 4 years, I can tell you that. I have 27 “pending” posts sitting in my drafts folder – […]
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Can I say this? Should I say this? I’m GOING to say this!
A very successful writer friend once told me “never put the apology upfront.” I wrote that first because, if you’re expecting an apology, you might as well stop reading now. She also said “avoid cliches,” but this whole thing is so predictable it’s hard to avoid them. I’m going to say it. I’m not surprised […]
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Comets are often referred to as “dirty snowballs.” says these people . I was not aware of that until I looked it up for this story. I have to laugh, because I love describing my friend as a dirty snowball – But I’m getting ahead of myself. The obvious first question is, who is Erica? Erica Chase-Salerno was […]
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I love Facebook. I would venture to say it touches on a mild “addiction” — it is usually the first thing I check in the morning, and the last thing I do before bed. I can use it for productive reasons. I can be prepared for road closings and inclement weather, and I can find […]
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I don’t cry in front of people- it means I’m “a baby” and I’m weak, at least that’s what I was told. I don’t talk about the things closest to my heart, like my kids or my deepest fears, I don’t talk about the shape of my damage – because people will use those things […]
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I have a big mouth, I’m unsophisticated and I’m juvenile. It’s gotten me trouble more times than I can count, for as far back as I can remember. Now, as a grown up –I shudder even typing those words– I sometimes don’t know when to speak up. I don’t know whether, it’s the immature me […]
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I hate doing housework. Not that housework itself isn’t reason enough to hate it, I usually wind up thinking … well not so much “thinking” as listening to the angel on my one shoulder converse with the devil on my other– It’s more like… eavesdropping on myself. Sometimes I blast my stereo to drown them […]
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imagine if your entire town was wiped out in a fire set by arson THOUSANDS of your brothers and sisters were killed HUNDREDS more horrifically scarred from helping survivors mentally physically broken from picking through body pieces and parts of their neighbors and friends and then told FUCK YOU when they ask for help with […]
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I was just very recently introduced to the expression “rape culture”, by a 15 year old girl who thought it was her job to school me on why I’m a “misogynistic pig who clearly hates her own gender.” What did I do? What did I say to warrant this very passionate presumption about my entire […]
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