A Second Grade Interpretation

A Second Grade Interpretation

One of #3’s assignments last week was to illustrate the poem he’d memorized called ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’. It was a love story that started with a courtship in a little pea-green boat and ended in marriage. It appears #3 got something...
I Asked for This

I Asked for This

Following the birth of my most recent baby, I wouldn’t stop bleeding.  Anxious medical personnel weighed Chux pads and injected me with various medicines to stop the hemorrhaging, but to no avail.  The blood kept flowing. The doctor found some placental pieces left...
High Society Haunted House

High Society Haunted House

“I love autumn dahling,” Nancy said from the back seat  of their chauffeur driven Lincoln. “It’s perfect weather for pairing my leopard print dressing gown with open-toed heels.” “I know dahling,” Darcy said.  “I’ve just been dying to wear this cheetah print dressing...
Probably How Not to Query a Literary Agent

Probably How Not to Query a Literary Agent

I wrote a book last summer.  I experienced the very rare phenomenon of having all of the stars perfectly align in my life so that I could sit and type out a book.  In my case, I was sitting and scooching around on the floor to keep babies out of trouble while I typed...