On Having to Cut Down a Tree
Is it worth being sentimental over one tree? The last time I mentioned to friends that we might have to cut down our two huge Norway maples, one FB friend … Read More
Tag: Facebook-in-it
The Facebook Thing
At the end of Lent, I was over on Facebook, and my friend, Tammy, popped up on my Timeline and said in her status something like: Well, I’m back! Didja … Read More
Close Strangers: Face-to-Facebook
Writer Jill Murphy is crisscrossing the country to have coffee in person with all of her Facebook friends (there are 379). She interviews as research for a book she is working … Read More
The Company We Keep
Last week I received THREE emails in one day from friends and writers I had wanted to post here as guests. The first I put up yesterday: a raw, painful … Read More
Inside the Wall, Inside the Funhouse
#reverb10 Day 7 Prompt: Community. Where have you discovered community, online or otherwise, in 2010? What community would you like to join, create or more deeply connect with in 2011? … Read More
No One is Looking: On Letting Go
So I continue to take part in #Reverb10, a 31-day write-in. Here’s today’s post. Day 5 Prompt: Let Go. What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Why? … Read More
Don’t Make Me Look: Writing, Scorned.
Yeah it’s now 2:30 and I HAVE been awake since 7 a.m. and yes I HAVE thought about this Day 2, #Reverb10 prompt and I suppose I HAVE had at … Read More
On Awkward Days…
… And Processed Cheese I have this group of women friends that I, well, sort of worship. I knew them from college. We all worked together on the daily newspaper. … Read More
I Need You Now… More Than Words Can Say
I’ve mentioned before that I am making some changes to my blog, and that they will be happening over the course of time. Key to the success of my space, … Read More
Taking the Bagel
The truth about life lies in this pat of butter. We can ask for what we want. We can even PAY for what we want. We can desire and expect … Read More
Untangle Me
My desire to untangle runs deep right now. In savasana last night, I imagined myself going “technology free” suddenly. Saying goodbye to the phones and the televisions, the blogs, Twitter … Read More
All These Distractions
I recently joined a Facebook group that is a group and a game where points are awarded for posts, pics, links and comments, based on their wittiness and hilarity. The … Read More