Shamelessly swiped from Shriek House 1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before? Had a c-section. Buried a child. Helped my baby girl get settled in to second grade. 2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Nope, didn’t keep a one. I […]

Taylor helped me with my 750 words tonight. These two stories are the result: Once upon a time there was a sweet little angel girl. She had lovely blond hair, beautiful eyes. She loved to sing and dance. And talk. Man, could she talk. One day, the girl is walking through the woods and meets […]

Just before Christmas, we finally settled on what we wanted for Keith’s headstone. It is being produced by Laser Works of Alabama (highly recommend — Richard is an incredible man who does incredible work) This will be the front of his headstone, laser-etched on black granite: And this will be on the back: They should […]

None of the Reverb10 prompts are speaking to me at the moment, so I’m rambling. I’m tired. I want to cry. I feel like there’s a hole in my chest. I want to curl up in a ball and not come out for a long long time. At the same time, somehow, I’m hopeful. We […]

December 18th’s Reverb10 prompt was “Try” What do you want to try next year? Is there something you wanted to try in 2010? What happened when you did / didn’t go for it? I immediately thought of the quote from Yoda in one of the Star Wars movies: “Do or do not… there is no […]