Category Archives: truth

Faking It

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

Last Tuesday we all went over to visit Ma. We brought coloring pages and sat on the floor and looked at the tiny Christmas tree with multicolored lights and tiny angels. Ma likes angels. It’s never hard to choose a … Continue reading →

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The Automatic Writer’s Art of Shaking Hands

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

I am a nervous girl. The flush of my face has always given me away, but lately, it’s the tremor in my hands. There is usually a tiny shiver running through my bandwidth, tippy-tapping out a body hum across the … Continue reading →

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Facebook is insane!

Posted on October 1, 2011 by

There, I said it. Now, I am not going to go around screaming from the port bow to abandon ship, I’m just going to tell you what I did and why I did it. I don’t know the first thing … Continue reading →

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The Road

Posted on September 12, 2011 by
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Rule Bait

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

It just occurred to me how obstinately opinionated I can be about writing. There are things that work for me, things that I’ve come to realize about the writing I do and the writing I most enjoy reading, and it … Continue reading →

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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: 7 year scratch

Posted on June 18, 2011 by

Let’s talk about what’s really going on. What I want to write and do and what’s actually happening at this moment is so completely at odds that I have to admit for maybe the first time in my life that … Continue reading →

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Which way does your writing heart beat?

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

I don’t know if I can get this out fast enough before losing the string, it has all been pestering me for the longest time, but I didn’t know how to define it. A few weeks ago, I was graced … Continue reading →

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Writing by ear

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

In Kindergarten they didn’t know what to do with me. For weeks I shuffled between reading groups like a misshapen marble that doesn’t fit through the door. One day I was average, the next smart, then really smart, then not … Continue reading →

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What are you spending all that time dreaming for, Dorothy?

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

This is writing. This is what matters. In the northern California Redwoods nearly 7 years ago, we rented an unremarkable cabin. There was a small bathroom with a shower, a main room with a T.V. and bed, a kitchen in … Continue reading →

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