I have lost all vocabulary
I have lost all vocabulary. I arrive upon a cartoon bugler’s herald to a scene where with jesters hat jingling my words seem mocking; they serve no purpose. Emotional gravitas is thrown on a paperpile marked “for later.” Then it is hidden, and later unbidden, in my mind’s library where other books are flipped open erased…
Indestructible McDonalds Balloon
This is Riley’s balloon from his McDonalds birthday party. His birthday party that was almost five weeks ago. Normally I pop balloons as soon as the kids lose interest in them. (I know, I’m horrible in that respect. I don’t even let them blow bubbles with dishwashing liquid.) (I am joking.) (Except about the popping….
Quote of the day and theme for my working year (I suspect)
“Effective use of details, more than any other single factor, distinguishes publishable manuscripts from those that have a good story line but somehow ‘aren’t quite right for us.’ ” Nancy Kress, Beginnings, Middles and Ends My head is full of book at the moment. These ones. I will explain the reasons and causes later in the…
