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Category Archives: Blog
MWF Seeking SFuPo
Hey stranger. Yeah, you. The furry one with whiskers and cute pointy ears. How about moving in with me for a long-term, committed, platonic love relationship? I’m a middle-aged gal who’s used to canine-ical polyamory. Due to the recent demise … Continue reading
Dear Class of 2017 Liberal Arts Graduates:
Congratulations. I hope you aren’t saddled with unmanageable student debt. We need to talk. I know you’re capable of reading above a third-grade level for prolonged periods of time, certainly longer than a 140-character tweet. If forced to condense my … Continue reading
Rafa
I’m sitting in the waiting room of the emergency vet clinic at the University of Minnesota. The hum of the vending machines. Folks typing at the reception desk. Sneet falling on the skylights above my head. Last night The Big … Continue reading
Church Camp
We meet in the church parking lot and stuff our ratty sleeping bags into the back of a rickety school bus. No one checks our bags. The bus zips out highway 55, making a brief stop in Plymouth to pick … Continue reading
There’s No Place Like –
I left for college with one bad fiberfill pillow and a quilt that I covered with two sensible blue-with-white pinstriped poly blend twin sheets. Tommis, my girl-cat, helped me hand-tie the quilt overlay, all of us (including the quilt) lounging … Continue reading
Just Another Mucous Monday
The following is the product of a codeine-addled brain. Consider yourself warned. The first feature, to the tune of “I’m Still Standing,” by Elton John: Don’t you know that I’m still coughing, harder than I ever did Lookin’ … Continue reading
When Craigslist Gives You Lemons
My favorite thrift store, Steeple People, closed up shop at the end of January. Our building, at the corner of Franklin and Lyndale in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis, will be torn down and a big old condo complex will … Continue reading
No Ga Ga for La La
Sunday Feb 26, 2017. 5 pm. On this Oscar Eve, I plan to whine and complain for up to 900 words about something that just doesn’t matter – a mediocre movie. And I want to do it NOW because I’m … Continue reading
Hello From the Other Side – Lessons from Grammy Adele
I didn’t watch the Grammys. I never watch the Grammys. I vaguely remember doing laundry last night or dishes or something equally scintillating instead of watching the Grammys. The internet was all abuzz this morning with rumors of Adele making … Continue reading
KidLit Resource List – Books for trying times
In the aftermath of the inauguration, many members of the Minnesota children’s literature community gathered virtually on the MN Kidlit Facebook page. Words matter. No one knows this more than the dedicated souls who write and illustrate for youth. We … Continue reading
