Monthly Archives: May 2016

Parking the Helicopter

Posted on May 31, 2016 by anne

1000 Friday 5/27: Ground Control – this is Major Mom.  I just wanted to let you know that The Big E has decided to spend the weekend at a friend’s cabin.  Without me.  Naturally, I will personally drop him off … Continue reading →

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Oberlin College Reunion Report 2016

Posted on May 23, 2016 by anne

It’s hard to explain my love for the physical place of Oberlin: a flat landscape, crosshatched streets, the howling winds of winter and sweltering humidity of summer.  The exclusive-trying-to-be-inclusive liberal arts college and economically-depressed town attempt to negotiate a symbiotic … Continue reading →

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Secretary of the Interior

Posted on May 16, 2016 by anne

I’m at the VA on my medical school ENT rotation.  The senior resident is short with nondescript brown hair, likely near-sighted.  I’ve just watched the surgery of a man with an advanced head and neck cancer.  They opened him wide, … Continue reading →

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Wrangling the Muse

Posted on May 9, 2016 by anne

I started writing fiction in 2009.  My neighborhood friend, Nancy, and I decided to meet weekly- OK, I hate this post already.  Excuse me while I go munch down a few Oreos. We met weekly and exchanged ten pages of … Continue reading →

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Sleeping Beauty, Take Two

Posted on May 2, 2016 by anne

Once upon a time, in a castle very similar to Hennepin Church, King Jesus’ handbell choir prepared their annual concert.  They called upon the Court Percussion Pinch-Hitter, Anne of Saint Paul, to add a bit of backbeat to a couple … Continue reading →

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