Leny the Lizard is a Tucson Banded Gecko who hitchhiked all the way from Tucson to Dallas in our moving van. When the movers arrived on a hot June day, and opened the big double doors, this little lizard hopped out and crawled into the grass. The movers pointed him out, and my darling child [...]
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Baking cookies is not exactly an art nor is it a science. But if you don’t follow the basic recipe, chocolate crinkles become chocolate bricks. I am raising a son who loves cookies but isn’t exactly the most interested baker. You need consistency in baking. Recipes, proper chemistry of emulsion, leavening and caramelization. You cannot [...]
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You know, I can quit any time I want. I really can. I just don’t want to do it with no notice, and gradually over the course of a busy morning of impending deadlines. I suspect Time Warner’s infamous local disservice because when I checked my voice mail, I listened to Fembot speaking as though [...]
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Thanks, Jette, Chip and esteemed panel. This entry is a Holidailies “Best of…” In other blogs, at other times, I have always promised to write about Threadgill’s, and tonight’s the night. Way way back in the 70s, when both my middle brother (four years older than me) and I lived at home, we became completely [...]
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This template is temporary. I’m shopping for widgets and look-n-feel… and for a CSS editor/designer. Apply in comments.
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Even the most creative people need downtime. In agriculture (of old, not sure what miracles they till in these days), a fallow season meant a field had a chance to just be – no crops, no action, just worms, birds, rains and whatever happened along. Today was a fallow day. The biggest accomplishment was catching [...]
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The idea behind this blog is examining the creative process and creativity in the context of the many aspects of one’s self. They all combine to form the woman (or man), and they inform one another. Being a better writer makes me a better mom; being a crappy mom, recognizing it and correcting it can [...]
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Howdy and Happy Holidays, people that I haven’t been in touch with but really really wanted to give an update on my life to… I haven’t received one of these wonderful holiday letters in a very long time. I wonder if that’s because I secretly mock them? Way back in 1987, I wrote such a [...]
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On Dec. 7, 2006, I wrote: Though I feel alone most of the time, it’s simply not true as there are people all around me all the time. And when pressed to rely on them, it is amazing to learn that they come through. I’ll be damned: people might just come through for you, if [...]
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Every year, I try to pick a charity to focus my attention on in small ways. It’s usually not a huge outlay of cash or effort, but I do focus positive energy in that direction, and the result is that every small effort builds up and actually does make a difference, a contribution. It is [...]
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