Cavity Check
Speaking of old, ugly things, I had an orthodontist evaluation to see what it would take to fix my overbite. My kids told me that getting...
Jun 1, 2019
Getting Started
My friend Christy sucks. She always makes us write and eat salad. She’s like the Suzanne Sommers of our Three's Company writing group....
May 1, 2019
Prompt: "For as long as I can remember, I had known the phrase, 'Don’t get your hopes up . . . '"
"For as long as I can remember, I had known the phrase, 'Don’t get your hopes up,' my mother had said it habitually about even the...
Apr 1, 2019
Eggs Benedict
Last night I had this really weird dream because I’m doing intermittent fasting and in my dream I forgot I was fasting and started eating...
Mar 1, 2019
On my gratitude list: Truong & Ross
I’m in my second semester of the MFA program at SFSU and taking a poetry class with a totally awesome professor, Truong Tran, (buy his...
Jan 1, 2019
What we do for love (and casserole)
When my kids were little I started going to MOPS because I was so lonely and lost. Some of those ladies were a little hyper-religious but...
Dec 1, 2018
The Falls
We read this George Saunders story in class last week and I had to share because it's so good: The Falls
Nov 1, 2018
What is the truth or the lie that keeps you from getting what you want?
I was working on this story about relationships in one of my writing workshops and my professor recommended trying to show the...
Oct 26, 2018
Write to this Prompt: Happiest Childhood Memory or Saddest Childhood Memory
These are weird topics to write about since all of my childhood memories seem like I was in a seventeen-year blackout and only flashes of...
Oct 13, 2018
Forty-Five
Forty-five has such different meanings these days. Tomorrow is my 46th birthday so I won't be 45 for much longer. Now, I can’t round down...
Oct 12, 2018
