Well, this game of tag has been fascinating. I’ve been trying to track down everyone who has responded. Check it out (and this is only the tip of the iceberg!): * P.A. Moed* Ellen Meister* Robin Slick* Jordan Rosenfeld* Stephanie Anagnoson* Katrina Denza* Ms. Lori* Katie Weekley* Susan Henderson* Pia Ehrhardt* Kim Chinquee* Cliff Garstang

So my lovely pup, Darby, is becoming more neurotic with time. I had thought he would become less so–but then I have become more neurotic with time as well. Here is the growing list of things which set him shaking (and he’s adding to his shaking a disquieting teeth chatter, which both breaks my heart and freaks me out): thunder the ironing board the … Read More

"You Must Be Robin"

Indeed, she is! Check her OUT. The amazing Ms. Robin Slick: Yeah, so like I hung out with Neil Gaiman last night (and Lori Young is correct…I am a certified dork)

Today, you must read this Embouchure, by the luminous and hilarious Robin Slick.

Hey you! Read this, will you? It’s funny–…And Kelly Clarkson Is a Sort of Earthbound Demi-God , by Bill Barol: The iTunes celebrity playlist is the digital equivalent of that worn paperback copy of “The Prophet.” It’s the latest gimmick by celebrities and their handlers to confer on the celebs a patina of emotional sophistication, without all that tiresome growth and maturity. So when … Read More

Love this book review/essay–PIG BOY’S WICKED BIRD: A MEMOIR by Doug Crandell, by Cathy Day: About the Midwest, about Indiana, I’ve heard people say, “How do people live there? What do they do?” To them I say, read this book. This is what we do. We take care of one another.

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The beautiful and talented Katrina Denza has an excellent new column about literary at moorishgirl: Katrina Denza’s Lit Mag Roundup

Egads! I’ve Been Tagged!

P.A. Moed (if you have not yet made your way over to her blog and read her wonderful writing, you are missing out–go on over there right now!), has challenged me to reveal 10 interesting facts about myself. So here they are (I’m not sure if all of these would be considered interesting. Maybe weird. I don’t have many secrets, so I’m digging deep … Read More Egads! I’ve Been Tagged!

Drinks are on me!

That’s right folks, you are looking at a new and improved, stitchless Myfanwy. And I could not be happier with lovely, lump piece of tissue grafted to my lower gum. Soon, they tell me, it will smooth out and look pink and healthy, but for now it continues to leech off the blood source and find its home. Attractive, eh? So, while you sit … Read More Drinks are on me!

What a Difference a Day Makes

The sun is shining this morning, and so the snow looks beautiful. We took a walk in the woods. The snow was up to my knees. It is heavy snow and the trees are bent with it. Darby loves snow. He likes to eat it. He likes to stick his snout in it. He likes to sleep on it. There are many small ponds … Read More What a Difference a Day Makes

Big, fat heavy snow fell today and so I could not make it to my appointment to get my stitches out. Thus, I am depressed. But it’s awfully pretty out nonetheless. Here’s Allen shoveling a path in our backyard. This one has a weird ghosty in it. Dark and snowy at 5PM. Ahhh, winter!

Today, for your reading pleasure, I give you: Drinking from the Well, by Nance Knauer Romance, by Girija Tropp