As a small Christmas offering (suitable only for your stockings), I invite you to read my recollections of Christmas past among a family of well-intentioned perfectionists; you can read it here:
Carrie Bradshaw, of Sex and the City, was once infuriated when a man she had been seeing broke up with her ...on a Post-It. She thought him badly-mannered to employ such tactics, rather than discussing it face-to-face.
I agree. Unfortunately, on the blogosphere, we do not have face-to-face contact. So I must break up with a serial poster here via ... a Post, about It.
We Reader Bloggers really do need a break from the angst of how and where to regroup, whether during a hiatus, or permanently, depending. Tomorrow is a holiday -- you'll be busy tomorrow afternoon or evening, but not both, and probably...
Josh: I just read your notice that you may shut down the Cafe. On the one hand, I would be among the first to acknowledge that you have provided a welcoming resource for left-minded, armchair policy makers. The Cafe has become...
FEAR Knot: Rebuilding Bridges To Achieve a More Perfect Unionhttp://www.bellsofkendal.co.uk/Ireland2006/images/05RopeBridge.html A person would have to be an automaton if he, or she were not currently experiencing some serious levels of fear. For one reason or another, all of us...
I am southern, so to speak. Yet I do not speak in what is commonly -- if erroneously -- accepted as a one-size-fits-all "southern accent." What I do speak is the American equivalent of BBC English .... which is...
Ms. Templesman Claims Adjustment Supervisor Just Say No Health Insurance, Inc. 23588 Cartel Parkway Alexandria, VA 21351-0000 Dear Ms. Templesman: I write in reference to Claim #1297-5576-342-22-015. My JSNHI group number, ID number and PPO policy code...
The printer hummed and clicked, smoothly sucking in blank paper and spitting out the carefully-crafted letters Susan had written during the past week. Letters she had considered writing, depending on the Addressee, for a long time. Letters she had...
I was thinking about my mother last night and today, and it occurred to me that -- at least here at TPM -- I have dropped more criticisms than praises of her in various comments -- comments that may have...
I saw, and appreciated Ripper's blog which asked who needed real time assistance. There are people who need that assistance. I might be one of them, if I did not suffer insuperable pride. So, because I still do, I direct your...I saw, and appreciated Ripper's blog which asked who needed real time assistance. There are people who need that assistance. I might be one of them, if I did not suffer insuperable pride.
So, because I still do, I direct your attention to my Posterous page:http://wendystaebler.posterous.com/
I am not a poet; my mother was. So, I'm cautiously taking baby steps, re: poetry. To see the photograph that illustrates what I am talking about, well or badly, please link to:http://wendystaebler.posterous.com/ A fog-bound sloop, trapped in...
Several voices I respect at the Cafe have recently commented -- somewhat dismissively, if ironically -- that the Cafe has, in their view, lost its luster; to them, the tone of the Cafe has become "boring" pablum that may be...
BOOMTOONS: An Interactive Forum for Women Over 50 When I was in the sixth grade, a friend with journalistic ambitions decided to enlist the help of his classmates to publish a weekly newspaper. The format was a single...
NOTE: I did not repost this. Apparently it was reposted automatically when the weekend spam was deleted. So dpo continue the discussion if you are interested in doing so --- particularly if the discussion moves on from the particular...
It's snowing -- in Charleston, SC, for the first time since 1990. It is then, for us, "a dark and stormy night." Which recalls the laughs we had last year -- our hearts newly full of hope and confidence after...
