I should be working on my current short story, but I want to share with you the journey of my soufflé.
Soufflé is gross. At least that is what I thought most of my life. It always looks and smells way better than it tastes and seems like a grown up food (which is bad, right?). In addition, I have a niece that was traumatized once by quiche (which to me is a better version of a soufflé) furthering my feelings. We cannot see that sweet girl without her asking me …

I learned about 10 on 10 from Alysha Gray a few days ago on Twitter and I’m pretty sure it was started by a blogger named Rebekah. As Rebekah says “take a photo once an hour for ten consecutive hours on the tenth of each month. document a snapshot of your life and find beauty amoung the ordinary things of your day.”
So here’s my first try – I found a little beauty among the ordinary . . .
 
 

That was fun! Can’t wait to do it next month.

Sometimes I have these random memory fragments that pop into my mind usually triggered by some inane moment in my day. Usually I write a whole blog about them in my head working out the details of how to explain something so meaningless to other people in a way that would be interesting. As soon as I realize they wouldn’t be interesting to anyone else, I quit writing and it never makes it to paper (or computer in my case).  For a change of pace, I’m going to go ahead …

These little voyeurs were watching us through the back window the other morning or maybe it was the other way around. I wish I made more time for Betsy (my camera).

Right now I cannot stop from covering my nose with my hand and taking a deep whiff kind of like a sad imitation of Mary Katherine Gallagher after she pulls her hands from her armpits.  I’ve been organizing some of my things that have been cluttering up my closet floor due to the lack of storage in the new bathroom/closet area. I’ve put it off for a couple months and today I finally got sick of crushing items each time I pick my wardrobe. While milling through these things and …

Short story derived from the photo below.
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Detective John Raven pulled his rental car up to the massive gates of the Sutton estate and felt a pain in the pit of his stomach that screamed you never should have come here. He was out of his league and he should have made the Carson County Sheriff’s department deal with this and been done with it. The entire property was surrounded by 10-foot high stone walls and the gates in front of him were even taller. Every inch was covered in a …

I currently suffer from pill guilt and the only cure is facing reality. About 6 weeks ago, I started my son on a medication for ADHD called Vyvanse. It was a troubling verdict for me, since I have been judging and whispering under my breath about parents who do this for years. It’s true. I have friends and family members that I have thought negatively about for putting their kids on meds. The statement I have used most is that I think it is lame when parents medicate their kids …

Short story derived from the photo below.
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Four women died while Jessica Ford tried to make a decision. The number could be higher, but she knew about four. As horrible as it was she couldn’t be rushed into such a big life change. After 45 minutes alone, sobbing and retching into a trash can in her daughter’s bedroom she began to think clearly again.
It was amazing how normal the morning had started out. She had cooked breakfast and then said goodbye as Daniel headed out to drop Olivia at school on …

The other night both Emily and Noah started reciting all the lyrics to the SNL skit – Threw it on the ground.  Andy Samberg, I think. I let them watch it (except the end), but  I can’t believe how many words thew knew. I admit that I cracked up over this skit and watched it for days.  Telling my kids I was gonna throw their homework, dessert and clean clothes on the ground constantly. Hey – why are they some much better at remembering the words than I am?
Well I made them …

I think I’ll start to post my assignments via twitter (and maybe here) going forward. It probably won’t catch on right away, but maybe eventually someone else can write something based on the same picture and we can compare notes. Seems fun.
I actually started a short story today with a woman character for a change (assignment picture below). It’s dark as usual. I should acquiesce and start writing true crime stories, since MWD thinks I would be good at it. Anyways – this story is a little creepy. It will …