It would take thousands of words to explain the formative effect music has had on my life. I credit my parents for this, for weaving together a magical childhood for me and my three siblings in which many average evenings were reimagined in and by music, as my parents became DJs and transported us inside …
It Looks Like This
Think Kit, Day 7. (carves another mark in the wall)Good things happened today: my kids and I shopped for supplies to ready our home for Christmas. My six-year-old, Oliver, beat me in a game of War (*laughing* "I'm so good at this, Mommy!" "Yes . . . but, Oliver, a monkey could play this game" …
Being Of Use
Think Kit, Day 6. I suspect all of us wait for that moment in our lives when we finally understand why we are the person that we are. (Maybe that moment never comes. Maybe it comes again and again. I don't know.) I had my moment of understanding this year, last month. A situation occurred, and …
Meanderers Get There, Too
The bad news is, I only have 30 minutes to get this post done before it is late. Honor system late. The good news is, the reason I'm on the verge of tardy is because it was Writing Group night and so I opted for writing/writer talk with my trusted crew over hours alone on …
What Makes Us Wise
I wrote in an email earlier today: Today’s prompt is to write about a wise decision made this year. #lolololololol You know me--or you're getting to know me--I don't take a word like "wisdom" lightly. And that I ought to share something with you about a WISE DECISION THAT I MANAGED TO MAKE--I'm not going to …
Unexpected, In Holliday Park
Think Kit, Day 3. Think Kit wants my strangest moment from the past year. Here it is. In Holliday Park A boy made remarkable by a blue-haired girl made remarkable by a rabbit, on a leash, and all three are standing, to my left, as I walk at the pace set by the two legs …
On Regret
Think Kit, Day 2: Yes. I am thinking hard. My brain: *pant, pant*Starting PointToday's Think Kit blog post challenge was to "[conduct] a poll and share the results." I admit I may have entertained an inward groan when I read the prompt, because at first ponder, there was nothing I wanted to ask anyone. I …
So What Kind of Year Was It?: 2013 in Pictures
This post is part of the 2013 Think Kit blogging project. I have reached the point in the year when I typically find myself ready to assess it, sum it up and give it a label: good year. Bad year. Somewhere-in-between year. I was joking with my dad a couple days ago that 2013 was …
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Start Your Engines for Blogcember
Start your engines...and other obnoxious racing phrases, all allowable because I'm a full time resident of mother effing Indianapolis, people. Do you know what's CRAZY? How much I hesitate to sit down to blog on my blog. Why? Because I'm worried about what I might say...on my blog. Myyyy blogggg. Bananas. I have got to …
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