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Cinderella
I'm going to have to write up my thoughts on the Cinderella fairy tale because every time someone disses it on Facebook -- and this happens regularly -- I lose my shit and storm around the house for a while, muttering.
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Stuff Figured Out, Stuff Gotten Wrong
A few things I've learned lately ( Read more... ) -
Can Haz Kitteh?
We've been adopted by a stray kitty. A week ago my hubby called me urgently to the porch to show me a cat sleeping under the grill. A mellow cat, it turned out. A stealthy cat. The cat stayed all day and eventually my kids went out and befriended it. They named it, they wanted it, and of course I told them no because the cat clearly had a home ( Read more... ) -
Hygiene
Me to my little E, from the closet: Have you brushed your teeth yet, sweetie? [Anticipating the answer] No.
E: Not yet.
Me: God wants you to brush your teeth.
E: Who?
Me: God!
E: [reproachfully] Mommy!
Me: Well, He does.
E: Mm.
E: ...
Me: Also your dentist.
E: Mm.
E: ...
Me: Also your mother.
E: Okay.
I should've gone with that the first time. -
I Did Actual Work Today
I don't know how to account for it. I did work ( Read more... ) -
Stuff! Going on!
1. I applied for a teaching job.The sad thing is that this constitutes a big deal for me. I had to write a CV! And some of the stuff I poured onto the page went back a VERY long way. College publications? High school awards? Let us look away quickly. But I had to do it. I want to teach a workshop and by the time I finished writing the CV I was ( Read more... ) -
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The sleds were lightweight: hollow aluminum frames with canvas stretched across to form the bed. You pushed your sled up a snowy track to the top, climbed on, and then, using the railings, propelled yourself down the slope until you hit the bump that launched you right up into the air -- about ten feet up. The most important part came right after: ( Read more... ) -
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The assignment was too difficult; that much was obvious. But we all worked at it, me with increasing intensity and, in a way, excitement. Because I began to see a kind of genius behind the questions even though they were impossible to answer. Our English teacher had given us a simple worksheet of Middle English and Scottish and Gaelic words to ( Read more... ) -
You Will Remember This
Eli at the bus stop under her pink and green Yorkie umbrella. Her pants too short. She wears her soft pink t-shirt and preppy green sweater that I got her at the last minute before our cruise; she and her umbrella accidentally match. She is delighted by the rain because it means she can put the Yorkie umbrella to use at last. She wants to ride the ( Read more... )
