Image credit: Photo by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons "I hate that you don't have a blog," said a woman about to undergo heart surgery, as she gazed sincerely up at her boyfriend, "I hate that I don't know what you're thinking." Mark and I burst into raucous laughter and had [...]
Posts under ‘imaginary friends’
The Junky’s Wife
Image credit: Art by moominsean on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons When I first started blogging, I had this notion that blogging was the province of teenagers and that most blog posts were written in the nearly incomprehensible idiom of text messaging. (Which does lead one to wonder why I started a blog...) In any [...]
Guest Post: Let’s Leave Bill Gates Out of This
Today's guest post comes from a virtual real-life friend of mine (if that description makes any sense at all). Years ago, when Austen was being prodded and poked and tested due to a severe speech delay and I was in the throes of my deepest "he is NOT autistic!" denial, this wonderful woman gently told [...]
Walking the Crooked Path of Dread
Way back a year and a half ago, I entered a contest to win a copy of the book Momma Zen by Karen Maezen Miller. I had never heard of the book, so I based my decision on the following factors: It was a free book. The title had both Momma and Zen in it, [...]
Updated Blogroll
Image credit: Photo by maher berro on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons My blogroll was long overdue for a makeover. As you all know, the rules are: comment regularly and ye shall be put on the blogroll. But oh, what a headache to keep track of all that myself! Enter a neat little piece of [...]
And the Bookmarks Go to…
In last Monday's post, I promised to send handmade bookmarks to three of the commenters on that post. My son Austen helped me with the drawing. We put all the names in a hat... And then Austen drew the names. I asked him to hold each one up in his hand so I could take [...]
Look What I Won!
Hey, what's that over there? Could it be artwork on my fridge? Yes indeed, it seems to be a picture of our family (complete with cat in the window of our house) drawn by my daughter, Janie. Don't we all look happy under that blue sunny sky and... Wait. What's that holding us up? Could [...]
Haiku Memoriam for an "Imaginary" Friend
When my son was bornI met the mom of a sonthe same age as mine. Her hair was jet blackor so I imagined itthrough pixels on screen. My computer hums.Together we laugh, cry, share.She's there every day. Monitor flickers:Eerie light of a false dawnwaking me to day. I see the words there,detached, non-corporeal:my friend passed [...]
I’m Back!
Well, I dragged my laptop through airport security and all the way to my (wonderful, relaxing, blissful) hotel room in another state for Long Vowels' wedding, and I didn't do a thing with it except check e-mail. I was too busy doing this crazy old school, analog thing known as talking with Vowels and The [...]
I’m Off
Well, dear friends, intrepid readers, wonderful commenters, I am off to see Long Vowels and The Junky's Wife at Vowels' wedding in less than 24 hours. I plan to bring my laptop, because I will be living out a great fantasy in life if I get to live blog with them. Yes, some people dream [...]
