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October 31, 2021 I was on the phone with my mom last night after a couple of strawberry margaritas, and I could hear that she had Young Frankenstein on in the background. The movie plot had progressed to that part where Dr. Frankenstein is starting to accept the monster he created in his lab andContinue reading “You Are Good”

October 27, 2021 Miss Maudie Atkinson is a secondary character from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. She lives across the street from the protagonists of the book, the Finch family – Atticus, Jem and Scout. The book chronicles the adventures of 5-year-old Scout and her older brother, Jem -two rambunctious, imaginative children who liveContinue reading “An Ode to a Maudie Dog”

October 18, 2021 My 8th grade Arts and Humanities teacher, an eccentric lady named Ms. Williams, was purely luminescent – that’s the best way to describe her. She lit up every room she was in with her energy and quirky expressive style. When I think back on the lessons from my school years that IContinue reading “Do You Wanna See Something Really Scary?”

October 14, 2021 I bought a copy of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House at a used book store several months ago.  I set it aside to read in the spookiest of months, October.  The other book I set aside for this month was a re-read of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.  I am delighted that both books IContinue reading “Halloween Special: The Haunting of Hill House”

Her first baby come out sideways. She didn’t scream or nothin’. October 11, 2021 I never felt as frustrated with my own upper body strength (or lack thereof) than I did when I moved into my house. I was blessed with enough disposable income to hire some guys to come and move my furniture forContinue reading “She’s Short and Skinny but She’s Strong”

October 10, 2021 “It’s not that I haven’t been running, I’ve just taken 60 rest days in a row.” That’s my favorite snarky joke about my running habits, and I think it certainly applies right now. I went for a few morning runs during a rough week in September, but I can’t remember the lastContinue reading “Mama Said They Was My Magic Shoes”