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- November 23rd, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
dogs
If you’re interested, I added a new entry at my 150 words or less blog on my website. I took this picture at the event described in the entry. Posted in Uncategorized
- November 11th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
Unknowable
I wish I could be more daring in my day to day interactions with strangers–more humorous, flirtatious, outgoing, cheerful, talkative, sympathetic. I wish I met more daring strangers. I wish to b…
- November 6th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
From The to A
Here’s a piece I wrote that was published in Springfield’s Own magazine on Friday. The magazine is a publication of the newspaper where my work is sometimes published. I see that the publi…
- October 29th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
Fun words
The Washington Post’s Style Invitational asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this y…
- October 28th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
Mellowness
Now that I have a little more time to myself, I’ve been reading, cooking, and writing a little more (I also spend far too much time on Facebook, and I do need to put an end to this). I just fini…
- September 28th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
Up
I should really be asleep right now. More changes happening in this part of the world. I’m moving to part-time at the clinic so I can focus on racking up more freelance work. I just finished a s…
- August 27th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
PR
Generally, I try to avoid television as much as possible. I have too much reading and/or writing to do and not enough time to do them in, so I really don’t have time to spare for tv. Yet, I find…
- August 23rd, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
The opposite of equanimity
The thing is…I know I make it worse by telling myself, “I want this to change,” “I want this to happen,” “I don’t want this to happen,” “I donR…
- August 17th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
150 words
A new short at Striving for le mot juste (go to the blog tab). My goal is to write one everyday, but so far I’ve fallen terribly short of this goal. Posted in Uncategorized
- August 3rd, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
New again
Forgive my obsessive template changing. Once I’m in the mood to change, I keep changing and changing and changing. Anyhow, I think I’ll pause on this template for a while. It pleases me. J…
- August 2nd, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
Garrison Keillor & Travel
I’m not a big fan of Keillor’s radio program on NPR, but I am a big fan of his articles, which we publish every Sunday in the local paper. This one on travel ran today, and it is one of my…
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
Fractious
“Fractious” is a well-worn adjective around the clinic, especially when referring to cats. Most cats come in calm, cool, collected, but become fractious as they get poked, prodded, and ins…
- July 27th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
My story
I have another story published in the State Journal-Register. Click here if you’d like to read it. Posted in Uncategorized
- July 26th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
Paul Strand on Facebook
Okay, so I started a Paul Strand Facebook page way back when, and now it has 500 fans. Woohoo! If you’re on Facebook, you should totally become a fan of Paul Strand. He’s pretty fantastic,…
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
Ink and Paper
This is a piece I finished recently. It’s ink on paper. I’m happy with the results. Posted in Uncategorized
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
Gossiping with Hemingway
I just started reading Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast. I’m not the most ardent Hemingway fan, but I’m quite pleased I started this autobiography of his. It focuses on his time in Paris…
- July 11th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
- July 6th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
July
Sometimes I think about becoming a Buddhist chaplain. There’s a program for it in California–three years of study to become a Master of Divinity. But I don’t think this is the route…
- June 16th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
Happy Bloomsday!
Ulysses by James Joyce “O and the sea the sea crimson sometimes like fire and the glorious sunsets and the figtrees in the Alameda gardens yes and all the queer little streets and pink and blue…
- June 10th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
Go Say Hi to Some Students in China!
My friend Rachel, who maintains one of my favorite blogs in which she chronicles her experience as an English teacher in China, has just created a video blog where her students can practice their mad…
- June 6th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
Look at me, look at me!
My story ran today. So exciting. Though, I did find some changes I would have made if I were writing it today. Ah, well. That’s writing for you. Now, lets hope I get my byline in more often! Po…
- June 2nd, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
Jake’s visit
It was worse going in the second time. I thought I had escaped Jake’s visit with only a 2-inch gash around my wrist; it was my war wound, proof that I could help hold onto a 90 lb., angry, thrashing…
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
150 words or less
I’m going to try this constraint again. I tried it for a few days last year and found it to be fun. One of the reasons I haven’t been posting lately is because I’m tired after work,…
- May 27th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
- May 19th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
Yes
Boredom is the absence of attention. When bored, pay attention. (From the editors of Tricycle) “We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.” —Japanese Proverb (…
- May 8th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
random record skips
Yesterday, I thought about the times I visited KMart with my mother when I was a kid. We’d eat together in the cafeteria; I’d gobble down a hot dog and chocolate pudding with whipped cream…
- May 6th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
A little more change…
And this I’m very excited about. I’ve just signed a contract to start freelance writing for the features section of the local newspaper. So, yippee! Posted in life
- April 30th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
A little change
The latest news for me is that, starting next week, I’ll be training as a veterinarian’s assistant. I’m quite excited. This was the position I first applied for at the clinic, but…
- April 27th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
- April 24th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
No Title
I’m becoming a bit of a bird watcher, an activity I remember my great-grandmother and grandmother enjoying, and my mom too. The idea of getting feeders for my house stems from watching the birds…
- April 20th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
On and on
Today I gorged on Reece’s Pieces. I did this instead of running for 4 miles in my brand new running shoes. I’m training for a 1/2 marathon, you know. But today it was windy and cool, and I…
- April 11th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
On the circuity of illness
After several nights in the hospital keeping mom company, it was nice to be home last night, and to sleep 12 hours without interruption. While at the hospital, mom kept insisting I go home at night to…
- April 5th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
On Sharing
I posted one of my thesis essays on my website: Ink and Light. It’s located under the “Writing” tab. It was tricky picking one to post because the project tries to entwine the essays…
- April 2nd, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
On staying relevant
Oh, boy. I am in the midst of job-seeking frenzy, and it is wearing on me. I love finding jobs I’m qualified for, and I love finding jobs in places I’d like to live, but the application…
- March 29th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
On colorful word clouds
Words from the Puzzle Box: Thanks to WB for the link to Wordle. Posted in Uncategorized
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
- March 25th, 2009
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SOS has posted a new entry on: The Puzzle Box
On March Showers
It was a wet walk home last night, but this greeted me from the kitchen window after I had dried off. And today I was sitting at the desk in my office, and noticed our grass is a beautiful green. It…
