Archive for September, 2007
Thursday, September 20th, 2007
The conductor to the stars
I was on the train to New York the other day, to go visit Stephanie and see how she’s settling in to her sophomore year of school–and when I handed my ticket to the conductor, it turned out that I was in the presence of none other than the Conductor to the Stars!
This is a guy my […]
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Dixie or Yankee?
So many of us have transplanted ourselves across the country so many times that we don’t know anymore whether we’re Southerners or Northerners.
I was born in Jacksonville, Florida, to parents who were both from old-time Southern families. When I was growing up we had to say “yes ma’am” and “yes sir” and eat grits for breakfast. When I was […]
11 Comments » - Posted in fun, procrastination, real life by sandi
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Crazy sexy cancer…shouting down the big C
I know, I know. It doesn’t seem possible that “sexy” and “cancer” could ever be in the same sentence.
But talk to Kris Carr for a few minutes, and you’ll understand. She’s a 36-year-old actress who, four years ago, thought she had the world’s worse hangover after partying like a rock star. Turned out she had […]
4 Comments » - Posted in books, real life, self-improvement by sandi
Monday, September 10th, 2007
Thinking about my mother two months later
This is a picture of my mother in the hospital, with her little dog Bear, a few days before she died.
Bear is looking at Peggy, my mother’s friend who had brought him to the hospital for a visit. Peggy lived across the hall from my mother and she now (bless her) raises Bear. He was […]
3 Comments » - Posted in books, crazy mothers, dog, real life by sandi
Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Life, without a book to write immediately
I have finished my book. (I think I have made that statement here before; it sounds awfully familiar.) Ah, yes, on May 13, I declared I was finished with the book.
In fact, come to think of it, I was always going around, declaring that I had finished my book…and then I would wait a few […]