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On Injured Reserve

I haven’t updated this blog for two weeks because I have been in the hospital.  So sorry, everyone. I’ve not written so much as a clever tweet lately. I am recovering from surgery now and should be back on my feet soon! by

cartoon blob monster oozes over a house

I was a teenage monster

In sixth grade, we were given the assignment to draw a self-portrait and then write six words that described ourselves. It was a lesson on adjectives. I picked “Obnoxious”, “Fat”, “Loquacious”, “Stupid”, “Grotesque”, and “lazy.” I was bitterly proud of my vocabulary.  (“Loquacious” was my attempt to be nice to Read more…

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The Pain

Remember those terrible health issues I was having? That got all better on their own? Not so much. Many people asked me, “Can you at least glean something from this experience to make a story?” Maybe? Someday?  Mostly I’ve felt… Not quite here. I joked about having come up with Read more…