Tag: writing exercises

  • I don’t remember the drive to Spokane at all. I remember bits and and pieces of the week between Doug’s death and  funeral. I remember being  in shock and walking around in a foggy daze. I remember a grandmother asking about my Thanksgiving at story-time.  I didn’t know how to answer. She said hers was, “interesting.”…

  • Where is home for you?

    I was born in Spokane, WA and that is where my family lives. That is where I lived until I was 20. I had always been unhappy there and I don’t understand why. I remember one day when I was 19, driving to my friend’s house. I was going to a party. I felt dead…

  • I found this and thought it might be an interesting blog post. I wrote it in April of 2009. It was a writing prompt from the book “The Pocket Muse.” When I sit here at my desk and listen I hear quite a lot. Even when it is quiet. When it is quiet, that is…

  • First of all, before I do anything, I need to wish the Mister a happy birthday. Happy Birthday, my love! Secondly, I decided to do NaBloPoMo this year. I’ve been out of the blogging game, it seems, and it seems that this might be a good way to jump back in. What I really, really…

  • I feel like I am very boring. I get up at 5:30 am, like an old person does. I go to bed at 9:00 at night. Sometimes I am so tired I go to bed at 8:30. It’s kind of embarrassing. I wish I was the kind of person who could stay up late into…