Author Archives: cheesefairy

Oh Coffee, My Coffee

I am the child of two coffee drinkers; my mother was a nurse before she had me and drank coffee by the truckload, and my father is Italian. Enough said. In my childhood house, there was always espresso burbling from … Continue reading

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The Art of Re-Creation

Six years ago I wrote a novel in a month. I wrote every morning at the kitchen table, the November sky pelting gloom against the window. I wrote during my breaks at work and sometimes when I should have been … Continue reading

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Food is Awesome

Kathleen at A Moment To Think tagged me for a meme thing, 7 things about you, but after four thousand years of blogging, I can’t think of anything I haven’t shared about me. Seriously. I am thisclose to making up … Continue reading

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Julie’s Five Things

Julie looked at herself in the bathroom mirror while she made her pledge, trying not to be distracted by the moles on her face that had recently started to sprout grey hairs. She remembered the days where her moles and … Continue reading

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Don’t Make Me Come Up There

A few weeks ago we moved the kids, aged almost-5 and 3, into one room. This has gone much better than I thought it would. I thought they would be screaming all the time. I thought they would be putting … Continue reading

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