The odd-fingered man
Some time ago, in one of my dreams, I encountered a man whose fingernails were on the bottoms of his fingers. It was…
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Mushrooms at work
It’s been raining here in Mississippi, and judging by the scene outside my office this morning, Mississippi mushrooms like rain. Overnight, a lovely…
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Jenny, Riley and the thunder
We took in Jenny and Riley in 2012, after they had a spent a couple of years in the shelter. Best Friends was…
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Bad words III
Meticulous readers will know that I have weighed in before, and before that, on language that confuses or annoys me. I’ve mused about…
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Southwest Mississippi business idea: an Azalea-combing service. Very soon after our glorious regional flora explode in color each spring, the flowers wilt and…
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My new blog
This isn’t really a new blog. It’s just that my old blog got a facelift. In the four years since I gave birth…
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Mental music
Mental illness comes in many forms. Mine renders me functional to the extent that I perform enough work to get paid now and…
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Dear Mr. Dukakis
Dear Mr. Dukakis, I read the article about you in the Boston Globe a few days ago. At first I thought just that…
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The Treat Williams dream
In last night’s dream I was lounging in a slouchy, ’50s-teenager kind of way against the corner of a building on the Harvard…
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