The Poem I Need to Write

I haven’t been writing much lately, it’s true. Partly it’s because I’m overworked and tired. It’s hard to be inspired to sit down and write when life is stressful. But there’s something bigger keeping me from it. I know the poem that comes next. I know it’s in there, waiting to come out. And I [...]

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Right in Red – “Hapy” B-Day

E and I have a new favorite time-suck lately: Cake Wrecks! So, when E’s birthday rolled around last month I decided that only a wreck would do for my hubby’s cake. Luckily, my grocery store didn’t disappoint: Ok, I admit I helped it along a little – the writing is mine, incorporating all of our [...]

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I’m Back, I Think

It’s been a while, friends.  Oh, I’ve posted sporadically in the last few months, but I haven’t really been around much since the beginning of April.  Since my grandmother died.  The world got a little smaller, and a little bigger too, and a little busier, and a little more full with other things – wonderful and terrible [...]

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Ten weeks. And ten weeks.

I realized something a few minutes ago. Ten weeks ago today E and I were married. Ten weeks before that, my grandmother died. I don’t know why it feels significant to mark that, but it does. Maybe it’s because I was so aware on the day of our wedding that it was exactly ten weeks [...]

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On Being Outed

How strange.  I discovered today that this blog is the very first thing that pops up when one googles my full name.  This is particularly weird because I have very carefully never shared my name on this blog, first or last, nor can I find any text in the blog that would lead Google to [...]

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On getting married in San Francisco (with flowers in my hair)

Today is a good day to be a Californian. Today the California Supreme Court overturned the ban on gay marriages written into California law by 2000’s Proposition 22. I remember being ashamed to be a Californian the day that Prop 22 passed. This ruling is a direct result of suits filed following the halting of [...]

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No Poems

So much for my big announcement that I’d write poetry every day this month. I feel like I’ve been broken open and put back together in a new way – one that is very similar to what I was before, but different all the same. Remember The Wizard of Oz? The section that was always [...]

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Drawing a Line in the Sand (NaPoWriMo)

Well, tomorrow begins National Poetry Writing Month, and I’ve decided at the last minute to take part.  As those of you who stop by from time to time no doubt have noticed, my posting frequency has taken a nosedive recently.  I’ve been overloaded. Overworked.  Overstressed.  Too many things all at once – one VERY good thing [...]

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Technical Difficulties

My apologies for the silence of late – next week sometime I should be back to blogging again.  My computer had a meltdown a week ago and has been in the shop since – needs a new motherboard and they’re waiting for it to come in.  Ugh.  I should have it back in another week or [...]

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Oh World-One Heart Giveaway – Winners!

Well, I’ve just done the drawing for my giveaway (see this post for details) and the three winners are…….*drumroll*… Diane Chen of PurpleDiane Rachel of Indigo Luna and Imedla of GreenishLady Congratulations!! I’ll be emailing each of you shortly to ask for your mailing address – I’m so excited to be sending my prints to [...]

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