Tag: random musings
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More Spirit Mission Memories
Yes, I’m dredging the bottom of the barrel, here. The twins have managed to eat half of my brain over the summer and I’m still trying to find the other half quivering in terror under furniture somewhere. Thinking is HARD right now. Remembering fun things is easy, though. A few weeks ago I regaled you…
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Wednesday Writing Words
So, I’m going to try and go with alliteration when choosing my stuff and when to blog about it. Sadly, alliteration helps me remember crap. I’ve got Mercurial Monday. Which is sort of… harder than I thought it would be with a mixed bag of results. And I suppose on a blog like this I…
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School Year Resolutions
The kids started school yesterday. We’ve done a few things this summer – the natural history museum, mini golf, a week-long day-camp, watched TV, made props (Set pieces? Equipment?) for Sara’s dance studio, splash park, stuff like that. I’ve not done much writing, though. Something about children hanging on my ears, all day every day.…
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Some Of Us Work Different
People tell me that the reason why I don’t write as fast as I want is because I don’t take my writing seriously. I don’t treat it as a job. They give me such sage advice as: Schedule your writing time and guard it religiously Get up an hour or two before the kids do…
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Promises, Promises
Early in July, a friend of mine died. I’ve cycled and sobbed and collapsed and got up so many times I’ve lost count. July was a rough month. Since I received news of his death, I’ve been all flavors of … kattywampussed. I picked up working on a beading project again that I’d told a…
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Memories… and Math
I have some fond memories of things during my family’s stay at the Air Force Academy. Playing in the woods was a big part of that, but hearing about the various and sundry “Spirit Missions” that the cadets did makes for the highlights as I look back on those years (late 1980’s-1990’s) Most USAFA Spirit…
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