Precious Things

Standing in the middle of all of my clothes, literally scattered all over the floor, I survey my options for the day. I try on several different combinations and size myself up in the mirror pausing to scrutinize my enormous thighs, my too curly hair, my flabby rough chicken skin arms and my pathetic bust-line. [...]

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Oh those apron strings

You give birth or acquire via various means to children that slowly grow up to be people all unto their own who begrudgingly need you and love you. I can assert this with confidence having been a child to parents. In my experience I have had so many confusing and unusual experiences with my parents [...]

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To Genie, with love from my garden!

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OMGosh

For once, we are not the most ridiculous country. Well, this actual moment anyway. OMGosh. Maybe the whole “their toilets flush the wrong way” thing just makes them actually crazy.
Good on ya, mate!

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I can’t be a prince, duh

Cindrella had a bad family life. Her stepmother was withholding and cold. Her stepsisters were competitive and backstabbing. She toiled. She sighed. One day she is miraculously rescued by a fairy and some rats, pumpkins and horses. A prince realizes she is fabulous wearing glass shoes and nice gown. Her time is limited dressed like [...]

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What is real and what can be imagined

My earliest memories are of our townhouse where we lived at the top of a horseshoe road and once when I was skating in my clip on skates with the metal wheels that went over my tennis shoes I found a box turtle ambling down the sidewalk. I scooped him up and took him but [...]

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To M and her R

My heart is pressed against my lover. My husband. My friend. Familiar shadows outside our window are only our dogwood tree illuminated by the city street light. Overwhelmed by the fact that I am privileged to be the recipient of so much tenderness and security makes me feel guilty when I know one woman who [...]

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The sound track to my anniversary party, literally, for some reason?

Van Halen III - Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love

The version with the orginal David Lee Roth is soooooooooo much better and I love every song on this album. So bust out your big comb for your back pocket and feather your hair.

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You will never believe where they grow leprosy

To quote my microbiology notes:
“Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy): Grown in armadillos.
Other than to say this sounds really horrible I do not know what else to say. Except–you know where they grow Treponema pallidum (syphillis)? Guess. Come on guess? If you are the first person to tell me I will send you a prize. Seriously. A prize [...]

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And to the men, thanks!

Separately I want to thank many, many of the men who went over to the play ground next to our house to watch many, many, many children run amok while the rest of us partied and hung out.
Thanks Pat, Mike, Thom, Ryan, Keith and Fred. You guys are awesome and sweet to let random children [...]

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