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(Self editing note to my English-teaching friends – the title of this entry used to be “I didn’t mean to call you a mushroom.  I just meant you’re a jerk that I don’t really like.”  However, I recognized the improper usage of “that” and the presence of some extraneous words.  Duly noted and corrected.) Today,ContinueContinue reading “I didn’t mean to call you a mushroom. I just meant you’re a jerk.”

It would be very easy for me, a woman who has spent more of the past 15 years single than in a relationship, to head off on a rant that would indicate just how bitter and cynical I really am.  I could easily go on forever about a fake holiday that pays homage to couples,ContinueContinue reading “Pondering a Hallmark holiday”

Since I’ve arrived in Arkansas, I’ve been called many things.  Yankee (both with affection and thinly veiled contempt), northerner, foreigner, import and my personal favorite, alien.  Small wonder, then, that I still don’t feel like I actually live here.  Sure, when I travel it feels good to come “home”, ie, to the place where IContinueContinue reading “It’s takes a snowstorm…”

I grew up in New England, which means that my idea of high fashion is a cool pair of boots and a fleece vest from LLBean.  In college, makeup was something I put on for dances, concerts and plays.  And while I wasn’t a femme fatale, I did ok with the boys.  Then I movedContinueContinue reading “Does this seem right?”

I don’t quite understand how people can pay attention to the news and not be torn apart inside by the hugeness and difficulty of the issues we face.  As my dad would say, I just need to relax and not let it bother me.  But I’m not sure how.  Here are some of the questionsContinueContinue reading “Big questions, no little answers…”