By the Way…
I hope everyone had a great St. Patrick’s Day. Share this post:
More Proverbs
In the spirit of an older post, here are some familiar quotations made unfamiliar. How many can you guess? I’ve made it easy this time by adding a hint in parentheses. 1. Predominant attentions remember equally. (4 words) 2. Gaze in wonder quicker than you pass abruptly from one state to another. (4 words) 3. Conformity to a standard of right is its own recompense. (5 words) 4. Occupy a home and gain knowledge by experience. (3 words) 5. My…
Bad [Narrative Writing] From My Writing Past #19: Tidbits (2/16/95)
I wrote this for my Narrative Writing class, back when I was a writing major. The assignment was to write some childhood vignettes, done as though through a child’s eyes. The vignettes were based on real memories of my childhood, playing with my cousins Anthony, Beverly, and Cathy, and my sister BJ. Anthony, Beverly, Cathy, and I scatter as Bj counts to thirty. Here and there from hidden corners of the house I hear the rummaging around as the ABC…
I Can Imagine Her with Kids
My neighbor got herself a dog. I knew about it before she told me or before I even saw the dog because it’s hard not to hear it barking every time someone comes up the stairs to the landing. I don’t mind the barking. I grew up with dogs. But I can’t help smiling when I hear her try to keep the dog from barking, with her harshest tone yelling out his name and an order to keep silent. H.E….
Enough About Step Three Already
Seriously. I really don’t have the time or the inclination to write the third tutorial any time soon, and I really don’t feel like fielding any more notes about it or responding to slightly flawed reasoning about why I should write the tutorial. It’s bad enough that H.E. has been on me for years now to redesign my work site, and if I write that stupid tutorial before I do that, then I’m clearly a foolish girl who doesn’t deserve…