Category: Life
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Death Geese
I will admit, I have made some slanderous statements about geese in this blog (see All in the Family). However, I maintain that I was justified in calling them a$$holes. And if you do not already feel this way, I would like to tell you a story. My sister has always been afraid of geese.…
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Go Home, Lassie, You Are Drunk
Valiant, rescuing dog stories are kind of a cliché. Even if you never actually watched Lassie getting Timmy rescued from the well, you have probably encountered all the stories about brave and noble canines out there. Meg, my childhood dog, was very good at being a Labrador retriever. She was well trained. She could have…
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The Things I Remember
My grandmother is my one remaining grandparent, and she is ready. Ready to go. She has been ready to go. She is not ill. She is 94. I don’t know when she will go, but in a weird way, to be on her side, I have to hope that maybe it’s soon. My sister thought…
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Party Foul
When I was in graduate school studying publishing, we discussed a certain author and her series in my book marketing class. A well-known author, she was held up as having her act together on the marketing front. So when I met someone who said she was his grandmother, I was in awe. My new friend…
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Little Buppy
As many of you know, I cried the entire time I was pregnant with my third child. I felt so overwhelmed with two! But something wonderful happened. Or a combination of factors that worked out to be wonderful. For one, Noah is a sweet baby. Also, it turns out the more babies you have, the…
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At Least It’ll Make a Good Blog Post
We were planning to go camping for Memorial Day weekend. However, though the weather has been outright ridiculous lately, with day after day of warm sun–it suddenly cooled off for the weekend. We had already been a little worried about bringing three kids out to the woods, and when we realized that the highs would…
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Worst Baptism Ever
So. [Deep breath. Let it out.] Where do I begin? My family is Presbyterian. Presbyterians often baptize their children as infants, with a baptism being part of the “entry into the community” kind of deal. However, I learned this past weekend that they also do this for a far more important reason. Because they are…
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My Radio Interview
I have gotten a link to the interview I got to participate in on Capital Public Radio last week, leading up to the Listen to Your Mother show. http://ia801703.us.archive.org/30/items/Insight-130510/Insight-130510c.mp3 I had so much fun, both on the radio and in the actual show, which was last night. I tend to find myself chatting to strangers…
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I’m on the Radio! I’m on the Radio!
I’m going to be on Capital Public Radio tomorrow in Sacramento! (And in Stockton, Tahoe City, Reno, Modesto, and…Quincy?) They will be interviewing me and another cast member, Janelle Hanchett MacDonald. We will be interviewed on Insight, in the 10:00 a.m. hour (and it will repeat again at 8:00 p.m.) If I can, I will…
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Ten Things about Me
All the cast members of the Listen to Your Mother show were asked to come up with ten things to share about themselves. This type of thing always fills me with angst–first, I couldn’t remember anything about myself, and then, after I sent it off, I wondered if I should have left out the religious,…