September 8, 2010

Bloggers at Work

After six years working full time outside the home, I started working part time from home in the summer of 2008. I spent the other half the week developing marketing campaigns for a very small property management company downtown. When I went on maternity leave, they went out of business. Instead [...]

June 22, 2010

In the Span of an Hour

I sat in the doorway as the wind picked up and my son asked, hushed, “Will a twister come?”

“Maybe,” I replied calmly.

“Twisters are only make believe, Mama.”

But he pushed closer against my shoulder and watched the dark clouds billow and sway.

“Smell the rain,” I whispered.  It rode thick on the [...]

March 3, 2010

home

1985

We have a black tar driveway and Easter Lilies planted along the front walk. Snails leave slimy trails on the dark slate stoop. We have a pool table. I stand on a box and shoot pool with a miniature cue. We have a homemade play set made of PVC pipe and hand-sewn fishing [...]