Category: daily drivel

  • “I am your density.”

    Writing prompt: Do you believe in fate/destiny? No. But also, maybe. Depends. Read.

  • baling hay

    A random memory of helping a buddy bring in some hay from the fields. Read.

  • mom voice

    I was doing something stupid until I was stopped by THE MOM VOICE Read.

  • suddenly

    The lyrics to “One Summer” by the Motels put me in a snarky mood. Read.

  • dog mom

    The ability to dream is so amazingly wonderful and yet at the same time so soul-crushingly cruel. Read.

  • bass beat

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    Ah, the sweet peace and restful quiet of staying in a B&B … NEXT TO THE DANCE CLUB WITH A FIFTY MEGATON STEREO SYSTEM Read.

  • improbable

    We were watching the first episode of “The Last of Us” when my mom texted me. She was housebound because she’d been hit by the same deep freeze that was keeping all us inside, but for her it was worse: she lives in Arkansas where the road maintenance crews don’t go out to salt or Read.

  • shreddable

    We have a cross-cut paper shredder and nearly everything we get in the mail goes straight from the mailbox to the shredder because it’s practically all junk mail. I don’t even open it unless I absolutely have to. Case in point: The junk mail I get from Triple A. Those guys know how to make Read.

  • tired, poor

    I was today years old when I learned (or, probably, re-learned) that the statue of liberty was conceived and built as a monument to the end of slavery. I may have learned that before, but if I did it was an idea that was drummed out of my head by hearing for years and years Read.

  • this cold

    I went for a walk this afternoon. It was THIS COLD outside. Read.

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