Category Archives: relationships

Throw Me Thursday: Crush

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

Ma is leaving us in bit pieces, days are falling from her, names are dissolving into particles she knows she’s tasted, but can’t place. She’s both trying to hide it, and begging us to notice, hinting herself away. We’ve all … Continue reading →

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Throw Me Thursday: Coming undone

Posted on June 3, 2011 by

Small town curiosity shops hide grandmothers in pieces of felt, hat pins, antique jewelery made from woven hair, hand sewn lace, lilac sachets. Grandmothers with tangled hands and kaleidoscope eyes the size of herons peak through empty glass pop bottles … Continue reading →

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not from around here…are you?

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

Once a month, sometimes less, I work the counter at Real Coffee down on Main as a excuse to talk to people I don’t know. I’ve lived in this little house in this tiny town for one week shy of … Continue reading →

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Pause

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

We lost an old friend recently. His funeral was yesterday. While I certainly didn’t know him as well as many others I’m close to, there is a significant part of my story that has been altered. It’s hard to notice … Continue reading →

Posted in friendship, music, relationships, truth, wildness | 7 Comments

Throw me Thursday: Ma Bell

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

It’s Ma’s 75th birthday. She wins. It’s snowing today, only soft wisps flick down past my window as if I’m in a holiday made-for-TV movie, something on Lifetime maybe, about daughters and mothers. In this mixed-generational feel-good drama I play … Continue reading →

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Off the cuff

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

I’m just going to let this fly because I’ve been feeling like the biggest writing boob ever.  No, wait, don’t feel bad for me, I do this to myself with the best intentions.  I want to write and then I … Continue reading →

Posted in adventures in childrearing, cold, friendship, kids, relationships, truth | 17 Comments

Throw me Thursday: Whiskey-Money-Doll

Posted on November 12, 2010 by

@karriehiggins (Karrie’s blog) took a play on words from a conversation we’d been having about an old Twilight Zone episode that still haunts me from way back, Talking Tina. Karrie said, “@EVictoriaF Keep “whiskey money doll” in mind for your … Continue reading →

Posted in sister, relationships, divorce, father, mother, red house, Dad, ma, truth, Throw me Thursday, coffee | Tagged , , , , , | 16 Comments

Cursed

Posted on September 2, 2009 by

Sherry leaned over me, “Say, ‘Shit!’ or I’ll tell mom you swore.” She was only fifteen, but scared the forbidden word right out of me. “I can’t,” I whined all of four feet tall and nine years the younger. “Say … Continue reading →

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True Love Explained?

Posted on August 18, 2009 by

When I was a roller girl I didn’t like to skate alone. And when Jackie, the oldest of the mob, came to visit with her spoil-making husband Bob (married the year I was born) I was in basement heaven. Ma … Continue reading →

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When your sister calls, answer it

Posted on July 30, 2009 by

I received a phone call yesterday from one of my sisters. She stated her concern over what kind of material I might include in my writing project now that I have committed to a memoir. She gently reminded me that … Continue reading →

Posted in begining, Burning bridges, relationships, sister | 4 Comments