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Archive for January, 2008

Submission History/Success

Posted in Uncategorized on January 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Of the internet places I haunt, one is the Queens MFA zoetrope message board and another connected board for author Mary Akers where someone posted a topic along the lines of –How did 2007 treat ya–The idea was to look at how many submissions you had done and how many acceptances you had. I [...]

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Finished Filing My Taxes

Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Well, I always like to get my taxes done early. I had everything I needed, or so I thought. As I went through TurboTax as usual I realized that I was missing forms from the bank about an approved 401K withdrawl for education, but I had kept good enough records to figure it [...]

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Delusions of Grandeur

Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Daydreaming. I’ve always been a daydreamer. I think that is where my first poems came from as I sat on the long bus ride home making up stories and songs about dandelions, run down sheds, electric fences etc. But at times daydreaming can be dangerous. I find myself, at times, planning [...]

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Finished "If You Want Me to Stay" by Michael Parker

Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I decided to post early today (partially in lieu of avoiding my most hated chore–cleaning the bathroom but mostly) because I finished reading Michael Parker’s If You Want Me to Stay.
This week I have completed quite a few books I had in progress, but I only really post about ones that I felt a connection [...]

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I’m the Worst House Wife

Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I will let anything and everything distract me from doing the housework. I have finished my reading, my writing and my walk for the day. I have no excuses. It is only 3:40 in the afternoon (I got up earlier than usual) and I know what I should start on, but….is there [...]

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Tuesday is Monday

Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

My husband was home yesterday from both of his jobs so we took in the movie “Cloverfield” and then spent most of the day just watching TV, including several specials about Martin Luther King.
After we watched the specials, I kept thinking why am I using this day of rememberance to watch movies and bum? [...]

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Sparse Writing, Consider it–Gathering Material

Posted in Uncategorized on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I haven’t done much at all in the way of reading and writing today.I met some of my former co-workers for lunch and that time went too fast. My co-workers (most of them) are the only thing I miss about my old job.
Afterwards I took my normal walk but also decided after, yet another, foot [...]

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