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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Slide, fall, struggle, repeat: My first snowboarding lesson
By the end of my first snowboarding lesson, I started to get a feel for turning, but my only way to stop was to fall. (I stopped a lot.) During the 90-minute lesson, I only managed to stay upright for … Continue reading
Three Meetups
A murky understanding of a high school physics lesson is how I tend to think about my couch-potatoness: An object at rest tends to stay at rest. So last month I gave myself a challenge to get out and do … Continue reading
Cornered on Bourbon and Canal
This is part of a series, “Scene from a memoir I haven’t written yet.” Please scroll to the bottom to see how to link up a post of your own. Cornered on Bourbon and Canal After driving from Connecticut for … Continue reading
Posted in Scene from a memoir
Tagged blog hop, link party, Mardi Gras, memoir, New Orleans, Scene from a Memoir, writing prompt
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Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble
Update: Levon died on April 19, about two months after I saw this show. My thoughts are with Levon’s family and friends. Ashes of laughter The ghost is clear Why do the best things always disappear Like Ophelia Please darken … Continue reading
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Tagged 101 things, Big Pink, Levon Helm, Midnight Ramble, rock
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If You Give a Mom a Blog
(For Mama Kat’s writing prompt, “If you give a mom a _____”… a post written in the style of the children’s If You Give a Mouse a Cookie books.) If you give a mom a blog, she’s going to … Continue reading
Kittens in a Drawer
This is part of a series, “Scene from a memoir I haven’t written yet.” Please scroll to the bottom to see how to link up a post of your own. Kittens in a Drawer I still remember that look on … Continue reading
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Tagged blog hop, kittens, link party, memoir, Scene from a Memoir, writing prompt
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