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Anne Lamott Last week sometime I positively devoured a book by her called “Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.” It had the peculiar effect of making me want to write. But not in an old-school, “I will … Continue reading

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A Saturday in Very Late May

That being said, Trombone is just developing the language tools to be a great help should I actually feel that my identity has been lost to a band of thieving PIE RATS. Exhibit A: Breakfast Me, rubbing eyes: Oh! I … Continue reading

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Thursday Random Three

1. Locally (perhaps nationally): All manner of ice cream on sale at Safeway. Make haste. 2. For two years I have been watching “Scrubs,” once one of the funniest series on TV, sink like a poop-encrusted stone and tonight, with … Continue reading

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Membrane Sweep: As Delightful as I Remembered and Still, No Baby

Last week my doctor said, “You want The Sweep?” (a quick go-round of the cervix, intended to stimulate labour before The Big Drugs.) And I said, “Nah – I’m OK – I’ll wait.” But then the sea changed direction and … Continue reading

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In Sunnier News

I am drinking an organic ginger ale. Actually I am done drinking it and now I have the distinct flavour of bandaids (TM) in my mouth. Not that I have ever licked a bandaid but that flavour is at the … Continue reading

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