Meta: I wasn’t going to look at today’s “prompt” because once I do, I have to answer it. I had an idea for today’s post, and then I looked anyway, because… I just had to look. And it’s about balancing…
Author: calm mama
earthquakes
There seem to be a lot of earthquakes lately. What I don’t know is if it is always this way. I have started checking this site a lot: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/FaultMaps/San_Francisco_eqs.html It’s actually amazing that I have not obsessed on this before.…
this day
morning squabble morning tea whining child marital recalibration meditation toast and cheese imaginext pirates request for candy delay of candy application of candy promise as bribe ymca swim class sliders and milkshakes lollipop gelato; unfinished impromptu music lesson from street…
write right
Which do you prefer to write with? Keyboard or pen? Over 2000 bloggers have signed up for NaBloPoMo so far. How many of us will answer this question on our sites today? I’ve barely begun this marathon of committing my…
prompt or no prompt: scoring my life
Today’s NaBloPoMo prompt is about whether or not one can write to music. I always used to write to music. At least when I was writing essays in college and graduate school. One CD, over and over. Herbie Hancock’s Cantaloupe…
finding my way back to my writing voice, day 2: food
Today’s NaBloPoMo writing prompt is last meal. I believe someone did a coffee table book on the subject, interviewing famous chefs. (Pauses to Google in a new tab) Aha! Here it is: My Last Supper: 50 Great Chefs and Their…
day 1: still tired from the move
I will never forget that line. I used to be a huge stand-up comedy fan. My favorites, and I would watch their VHS tapes and HBO specials over and over until I knew the routines by heart, were Howie Mandel…
NaBloPoMo: a challenge
This blog hasn’t seen much action in recent years. Not like the early days when a post a day was my modus operandi; my M’aidez! (since we’re getting all fancy and foreign). But now, I’m taking a leap of faith.…