Even if my life depended on it, I couldn’t tell you what I played for my first piano recital; I have absolutely no clue. I do, however, remember what my friend Lynnel played. She and I took lessons with the same teacher, in the same two-hour block, so I’d listen as she practiced her piece. Sometimes, when I got bored with waiting for my turn to play during the lesson, I’d get up and dance to the music she made….
I meant to write on another topic, but I decided to visit a writing forum I used to frequent and got hopelessly caught up in reading old posts. I joined the group—only back then it was called a club—when Themestream.com was a popular outlet for writers. Writers would post their articles, essays, and stories on Themestream, and for every page click each piece received, the author got something like two cents. Naturally, many writers would frequent the writing forums, linking…
I don’t have a cell phone, but I’ve been wanting one for a while. The only thing that stops me from getting a cell phone is that I don’t actually need one—yet. And even if I did have one, I’d probably only use it in emergencies. Still, it’s nice to dream. I have a beautiful new handbag with a pocket specifically for storing a cell phone, and I always tell myself that I will actually use the bag when or…
I once read “The Lady, or the Tiger?” for a class, and we were asked to ponder the possibilities. A king’s daughter is caught with her common-class lover, and as punishment he is thrown into an arena with two doors. Behind one door is a lady, and behind the other is a tiger; whichever door he opens is his fate. Meanwhile, the king’s daughter takes steps to find out which door will hide the lady and which will hide the…
Stuff sounds exactly what it is: an unspecified material substance or aggregate of matter. Everyone has stuff. Some of us have a lot of it. Some of us have very little of it. Some of us drink beverages made from the best of it. Myself, I used to live and travel lightly. I would weed out all the bad stuff from the good stuff and keep only what I absolutely couldn’t live without—water, food, shelter, clothing, books, CDs, software, computers,…