2015-06-05 19:20
I know so many women who know they aren't feminists. They feel it deep within themselves and while they know it, it may sometimes be difficult to explain.It's always a little difficult to e… Read More
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2015-03-26 20:47
I wonder if there was ever a time in our society when people knew that being proved wrong was really just an opportunity to embrace truth.Do you know what I'm saying? There must have been pe… Read More
2015-03-05 22:15
I know...it's February. And these are Halloween pictures. But aren't these two just so cute in a horrifying and creepy way? In my family, we have enjoyed several years of Halloween princesse… Read More
2015-03-05 22:01
Perhaps you were wondering if I'd end up posting a rant about this whole "rape culture/consensual abuse" circus. It seems just the kind of thing I'd jump on, doesn't it? I do have an o… Read More
2015-01-22 23:46
Well, we marched right through that door marked 2015 folks, and while you can close a door, you can't un-open it. Whatever was hiding inside Pandora's box has already been released, as inevi… Read More
2015-01-22 23:44
I wasn't going to write a blog post about this topic - because gee I get myself in enough trouble as it is. But sometimes you just have to say SOMETHING before you explode and it ends up all… Read More
2015-01-08 23:45
I once turned down a date so I could go walking up Broadway, NYC, by myself.I'm not even joking.It's a story that I related later on to my mom, who could have strangled me, like any frustrat… Read More
2014-11-14 02:01
I worry sometimes that my babies are going to grow up not knowing what freedom is. It will be an idea as obscure to them as 'privacy'. Or perhaps, it will be like the small-town parade we at… Read More
2014-11-13 20:07
Something that's been on my mind a lot lately...Between my brother and sister and their spouses, there are seven little uns in my family right now. So even though I myself am childless, I kn… Read More
2014-11-13 20:06
There are yellow leaves blowing by my window and there are pumpkins on my kitchen counter. These are harbingers of change as the temperature dips and rises, dips and rises, and we check off… Read More
2014-06-30 20:40
Being a writer is not especially romantic. Not even when you're struggling. Puccini may have painted a lovely picture of star-crossed artists, living on hope, talent, and bread crumbs, but i… Read More
2014-06-24 17:12
There have been times in my life when I was really not in style. And other times when I have been stylish with a vengeance. I seem to swing back and forth like a human pendulum with a pencha… Read More
2014-06-23 23:25
I've been putting this post off for a while now. Partly because it's a very mormon issue, and not all of you reading this blog will be mormon. Partly because it's ridiculously emotionally-ch… Read More
2014-06-10 22:31
As a person who is likely soon to be homeless, I am extra cheeseball lately about the general concept. But it's one of those words, isn't it? You'll find it in the dictionary, properly and s… Read More
2014-05-30 19:04
There are small moments when life is perfect. Absolutely perfect. You tend to pay dearly for those moments at some point or other, but they're totally worth it. Because this is what life is… Read More
2014-05-19 19:37
WARNING : This post contains an unnecessary amount of uncharacteristic melancholy.I used to be a big fan of time. The biggest. It came on arrogantly and I conquered it, day by day, hour by h… Read More
2014-05-19 19:34
Yeah, it's been a while.Sometimes in life, you just get so busy with things that when you do get a spare hour, you spend it watching back episodes of supernatural instead of keeping up with… Read More
2014-04-08 17:08
Spring comes to the calendar far sooner than it comes to the frost sodden prairies. So when the sun began vengefully to dry out the snowbleached landscape, I pulled out all the tasks I had b… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It's like when you watch a favourite movie with someone who's never seen it before, and you just want them to love it. So badly. You watch their faces for the appropriate reaction when an im… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
My mom used to quote that scripture about there being a time and a season for everything. Or she could have just been quoting 'the Zombies' - she appreciated both sources of inspiration. In… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
One of the worst symptoms of my particular cellular disorder is brain fog. I can tell already that you don't understand. I mean. Brain. Fog. To the extreme. Like London circa 1871. The first… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
There are times in life when you feel in control and powerful. Like you are master of the universe - at least the universe that exists within a ten foot radius. And things only happen to you… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Every writer has that underlying idea that calls out to them - that compels them to scribble in notebooks, get up in the middle of the night to write something down, and store random bits of… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
There are some questions that are difficult to ask and answer. Because there a lot of people in this world who don't like questions.Me, I love questions. They are the door to knowledge and t… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Okay, my intellectual and philosophical readers. Let's get our hands dirty.Because if you're not prepared to have this conversation for real, then all hope is lost. If you can't even read th… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Most days, I don't give even a passing thought as to whether I'm beautiful. My few minutes in front of the mirror every morning are quite careless. My closet so familiar, I could dress in th… Read More
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