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July 2009
Side Effects Like Death
Today is the first day on my new psyche med cocktail: 40mg Paxil (this is what I've been taking the last year and a... Read more »Learning To Break Elbows
The sticky hot wrapping warping heat draped town I live in was unbearable today. Weather.com may have reported the temperatures at a mere 105°... Read more »Hotter Than Hades
The garden is kicking out fistfuls of beans, a sprinkling of tomatoes, and pickling cucumbers. Incidentally- some kind soul sent me a copy of... Read more »The First Jab-Cross-Hooks
The first class. I am a person of many anxieties. Firsts are often the worst. Firsts with sweat are ten times worse than firsts... Read more »Love, Death, Taxes: Waltz
I am listening to Natalie Merchant singing her song "Motherland" and I might be on the thirtieth time through now. It is the most beautiful... Read more »The Family That Fights Together, Stays Together
It only took us three years to convince Max to try taking a martial arts class. Three years of people constantly telling us we... Read more »Synopsis Of "Jane Doe"
Synopsis of "Jane Doe"Jane Bauer is a bright unambitious shipper in an underwear factory, completely happy with the life she's built for herself in... Read more »100,000 Words Deep
This is the last time. Seriously. I can't keep giving snippets because that's not how it works. But pasting them here has helped me... Read more »Awaiting The "Jane Doe" Denouement
I have not looked at my book for a week. Tonight I have been rereading much of it. I am trying to encourage myself... Read more »I Might Be Short A Few Watts
My very dear friend Chelsea said it's getting weird around here at Dustpan Alley. I objected to the adjective and asked her if she was... Read more »Six Months In Review
It is six months from the beginning of this year. I was feeling the march of change; I was hearing the kick-ass jump rope... Read more »Our Ruination Has Been Recorded
Do you all remember how I alluded to other things going on with us that I couldn't discuss? Today our financial ruin was finally recorded. ... Read more »What The Sunshine Brought
My wild thistles blooming all over. I thought it was time to show everyone what the sunshine has been bringing to our garden.One of my... Read more »We Keep On Living Until We Die
Tonight it's going to be one big word soup. I need to avoid exhaustion so I'm going to go to bed before 11pm for... Read more »Hope Is Wanting, Hope Is Desire
This is treasure more wonderful than gold. I almost wrote "more wonderful than God" and erased it, but then told you about it anyway because... Read more »See? I'm Still Right Here.
Before I say anything else, I would like to direct your attention to the following statement I made in my last post:"If anyone wants me,... Read more »The Neccessity For Diabolical Lying
I am weighing a lot of things tonight. I have, in a stunning little Face Book note I was basically writing to no one... Read more »« June 2009 | Main | August 2009 »