Hey, U! We’ve hit the 21st letter in the alphabet! Is everyone still hanging in there? It’s been a uniquely fun, unusually time-consuming blogging month…but I am so glad I signed up for the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. Now, onto the letter of the day, brought to you by this tall, dark and […]
TRAINING to be a Dirty Girl
It’s official – I’m gonna do the Dirty Girl! Oh, get your mind out of the gutter – it’s a mud run! Three days ago, my fabulous foodie romance author pal Amanda Usen sent me the link for the run – there are 9 Dirty Girl events this year, and the only one in New […]
S is for…Sun Kink
SUN KINK: a buckling due to high temperature, causing the track to shift laterally and form a curve in what is otherwise a straight pair of rails. Such conditions can cause a train derailment. Probably a term you don’t hear every day. It’s currently the name of my first novel. I look at those 300 […]
Rock and Roll Riders
“But dude…it’s on our rider.” Ah yes, magic words in the music biz. What is this sacred document I speak of? A tour rider is a written set of requests or demands made by an artist prior to a performance. To ensure the comfort, safety and happiness of the artist, the promoter or venue will […]
Q is for Quixotic
Quixotic: 1: foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action 2: capricious, unpredictable Etymology: From English: Quixote, a visionary, after Don Quixote, hero of a romance by Miguel de Cervantes I love that such a colorful adjective was spawned by a fictional character! Everyone should […]
Playing the Part
So news has it Ashton Kutcher has been tapped to portray Steve Jobs in an upcoming biopic. I can see that. Ever fantasize, in a perfect world, who you would cast to star in your life story? If Hollywood were to say, “This is your life, it’s time to make a biopic” who would land […]
Operation Organize Office!
OMG. Yesterday I began a somewhat overwhelming undertaking: organizing my office. Well, first I had to FIND my office. It’s been overtaken by oodles of obsolete and odd objects. The overtaking has made the undertaking obviously difficult. Oy. Take one house, add two home offices and what do you get? I’d post a picture but […]
Noodles (inspired by Nate)
I’m thinking my earlier N post was a bit of a cop-out. It was a loong weekend, folks. Preceded by an even looonger week of “spring vacation” with various children not belonging to me running through my house. Easing back into work mode this morning, I got an email from one of the road crew […]
Ni! And Neee-wom (and other sacred words)
Wow. N had me flummoxed. Not sure why. I reached out to my friends on Facebook for some prompts, and received many varied and certainly very worthy N words. Here are just a few (read: numerous) suggestions: natural, nagging, nimbus clouds, Noticias! naughty, night time, noogie, Nick Tahou, Nickelback (worst band ever), novels, NY, numbers, […]
MEAT
Yeah, feel free to click on the link and listen to 1/3 of moe.’s 40+ minute monster instrumental ode to MEAT as you read my M post. (Their guitarist was a vegan for many years at the point when they recorded this song, btw.) This is a born-again meat-eater’s story. Or a recovering vegetarian’s story. […]
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