From the monthly archives:

August 2011

Cracks

August 23, 2011

It rained today, finally, and I got caught in the downpour on the way home from the dentist.
Adding insult to injury, I had three fillings this afternoon to go along with the holes in my belly. I’m like a car that is just a few miles past its warranty: I’m breaking down.
But back to the [...]

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Little Miss Sunshine and Shitty First Drafts

August 21, 2011

I’m sick of the sun.
I want woolly tights and fisherman sweaters. I want jeans and boots and fingerless gloves. I want to see my breath when I inhale, exhale, inhale again.
It is six years next week that I’ve lived on the prairie and the summer never ceases to annoy me. There are no trees in [...]

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Fresh Scars

August 20, 2011

Oh, but we were a surly bunch today.
All of us came out of the gate spoiling for a fight, fingers curled into fists and scowls on our faces. I’m wounded, after a minor surgical procedure that my doctor breezily promised me would only take “a day or two” from which to recover, but alas, more [...]

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Yes, This

August 13, 2011

In my attempt to find the Emersonian thread of the universal in my story, I laid myself bare in the most unflattering light.
I understand the world only by my attempts to shape my experience on the page. Then, and only then, do I know what I think, feel, believe. Without these attempts (the word essay [...]

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Best Friends

August 10, 2011

Mom, when I see him at school during the day, I give him a kiss so he doesn’t wander into my classroom looking for me. Also, because I love him.

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Bare

August 8, 2011

I’m furious.
I had a doctor’s appointment today, a dermatologist, to be precise. I expected to see the doctor, but when I arrived I was told I’d be seeing the PA today.
I have nothing against PAs. I saw one earlier today, as well, and she was perfectly lovely.
The second one was not.
My hair is coming out [...]

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First Day

August 4, 2011
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Tomorrow

August 3, 2011

My baby will go to school tomorrow.
His big sister will go with him, on her first day of first grade. It’s a private school, one that has a much longer year than most, but it is small and cozy and intimate. I know they will be taken care of there. The girl, this is her [...]

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