Archive for February, 2007
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
A dental phobic confronts the true meaning of bravery
Well, I have been writing frantically lately–ten pages a day because that is what it is going to take to meet my deadline–and so I have been a little distracted.
Out of touch, you might say.
And so it was that a few days ago I looked up from my typing and thought, “Yikes! What is […]
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Monday, February 26th, 2007
Someone else’s living room
Recently I posted a picture of the corner of my living room where I write. Mostly.
Of course sometimes–like now–I have my laptop in the kitchen and I am perched on an uncomfortable kitchen stool while I write this. (Writing on an uncomfortable surface can make one hurry up, and I do want to finish in […]
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Saturday, February 24th, 2007
‘Twas the night before the Oscars…
Well, it’s almost Oscar Night, and I am so not ready.
This year I’m not even sure which movies have been nominated for which awards, much less who should win–and I still have to get the ballots printed up, cook the chili, and vacuum the dog hair out of the family room so there’s enough room […]
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
My friend "Sarah"
Is there anything better than waking up one morning and getting to read about a friend in the New York Time Style section–and then also getting to see photos of her house?
I don’t think so.
My friend Mary used to live three miles away from me, but now she lives in Eastport, Maine, where, under the […]
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
The fate of Cover Girl Lipstick #612
I promise you that I am not becoming obsessive about lipstick. I’m not. I’m truly not. (Well, maybe a little, because it turns out it is still February, the month when you need your obsessions to keep your adrenaline level up so you don’t just drift off to sleep all the time.)
But the other day, just after […]
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Monday, February 19th, 2007
Where I work, mostly
Bloglily has asked her readers to send in pictures of where we all do our writing. And people have sent in photos of the most inspiring spots: library carrels, desks at home that are surrounded by bookshelves, lovely neat surfaces and comfy looking chairs.
Here’s my entry. I spent the day today sitting right here […]
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Monday, February 19th, 2007
Ordinary Evening in New Haven
[ March 27, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] I’ll be appearing with poet Joyce Peseroff at the Anchor Bar’s Mermaid Room, at 272 College St., in New Haven, reading from A Piece of Normal, part of the Ordinary Evening Reading Series, which aims to bring “emerging and established writers to the Elm City.”
Seating is intimate, (just like you’d expect from a place called […]
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
Lipstick, cosmetic companies and eBay auctions
I am so not the type to do this, but I have just found myself involved in a duel-to-the-death auction on eBay.
And I hate to admit this, but it’s all for a tube of lipstick.
That’s right. My life has ground pretty much to a halt, and I’m not even doing this for porcelain figurines, or glow-in-the-dark jelly bracelets […]
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Saturday, February 17th, 2007
February is on the run
I’ve always felt there’s a reason they don’t let February have as many days as other months. It misbehaves so badly that we just have to get through it as quickly as possible, and get on with March, when at least there are daffodils.
We have had a February of crises, both minor and major, involving all the […]
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Monday, February 12th, 2007
The T-shirt says it all
Well, I’ve just been over to Argh Ink, author Jenny Crusie’s website, where I laughed out loud. She’s come up with a T-shirt she’s thinking of marketing to people who come to her writing workshop.
It would say “Nothing but good times ahead” on the front and “We’re doomed” on the back–which, as Jenny points out, pretty […]