Category: Random thoughts
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A Family That Dances Together…
So there is this article that has been floating around social media lately about a group of Moms and Dads who joined their kids at dance class. Siblings joined in the fun, too. What’s interesting about, not only this article, but some of the comments that come about with the sharing, is how critical those…
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Fading history
I rarely watch the local news. I stick to national cable news channels and reading from selected sources on the internet. But, tonight, I decided to turn on the NBC news. I don’t know what prompted me to do so – I was in the middle of a new Hallmark Christmas movie. (And people who…
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GCLS Annual Conference: Why Pittsburgh?
The Golden Crown Literary Society’s Annual Conference is held in a different city each year – except for that 3 year period when we were in Orlando. (That whole “let’s go to the same city in consecutive years” thing won’t be repeated.) Since I’ve been a member, we’ve been to Orlando, Minneapolis, Dallas, Portland, New…
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Redolent with Memory
When my grandmother passed away, my mother took over responsibilities for Thanksgiving dinner. Well, she took on all of the responsibilities. She always helped Gram. They shared duties. I helped Mom then. I took the entire week of Thanksgiving off so that I could help with the shopping and cleaning and cooking. Since Mom passed away, Thanksgiving…
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Staying Sane, Being Kind
Here it is, the Monday before Thanksgiving, and this is the day that I decided to go to the store. I contend that I am a smart person. But I’ve never said, in earnest, that I’m brilliant. Days like today prove that. In general, it wasn’t too bad. I only needed to go to two stores: the…
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The Story of Tomorrow
Once Upon a time, Carleen sat down to write a new blog post. She thought and thought about what she could write about. But try as she might, she just couldn’t come up with a good topic. So she decided to search the internet for things to write about. She looked at sites that had…
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Fan Fiction Ruminations
Karin Kallmaker, the Queen of Lesbian Fiction, mentioned a panel topic for the Golden Crown Literary Society Annual Conference. The panel idea deals with fan fiction and copyright. It sounds like it could be a very interesting panel if some folks put it together. The idea got me thinking about fan fiction, in general. I’ve…
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The Blinking Cursor
“Writing about a writer’s block is better than not writing at all.” ― Charles Bukowski I’ve spent a good part of the day thinking about what to write in this blog post. I jotted down a few topics, but all of them are crap, quite honestly. So, the last hour has been spent, first, doing Google searches…
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The Origins of Wallababy
It all started one day when I decided to clean out the kitchen cabinets. You see, my grandparents bought this house in 1972. Back then, it was Gram and Grandpa, Mom, and me. And sometimes Dad, when he was on leave. Since 1972, there have always been at least 2 people living in this house.…
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On the road again
I’m going to be hitting the road pretty soon, heading back to Chicago after my weekend in Dallas. So, I need to make sure that I get in my NaBloPoMo entry for today. It may not be great, but I’m determined to post something every day in November. Dammit. It’s almost 9pm, so you’re probably…
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