Posted in Holidays & Celebrations, Looking Back, My (Mis)Adventures as a Writer, The Hooligan Chronicles, Valentine's Day, tagged acid flashback, card-making, Cars, Disney, greeting card writer, greeting card writing, homemade cards, kids' Valentines, movie Valentines, Star Wars, Valentine bag, Valentine's Day, writing greeting cards on February 16, 2008 | No Comments »
On Valentine’s Day, I was at the Hooligan household celebrating with my sister’s family and my mom. At one point we were sitting around, listening and watching as J.Hooligan went through his Valentine bag from school, extracting greetings from his classmates and reading them aloud.
I have to admit this Valentine bag ritual is new to [...]
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Yes, I finished the 50,000 word marathon and became a “winner” for the 2007 National Novel Writing Month. As I said in my first NaNoWriMo post, I cheated a bit by not actually writing a novel. This tempers my joy and pride a little — I simply can’t compare my accomplishment to those who actually [...]
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Sometimes the best times are the ones that are unplanned and unanticipated.
Today I got an e-mail at work from Diamondqueen. She’d finished her 50,000 words and was a “winner” in the 2007 National Novel Writing Month. I congratulated her and tried not to feel too jealous. After all, I’m only 4,000 words behind her.
She wrote [...]
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Posted in Dog Stories, My (Mis)Adventures as a Writer, NaNoWriMo posts, tagged beagle, beagles, canine sexual displays, dog, dog riding leg, dogs, get the firehose, obnoxious behavior in dogs on November 13, 2007 | No Comments »
Previous Bailey posts are available under “Dog Stories” or “NaNoWriMo posts.”
That damn beagle was a menace when it came to satisfying her urges. Yes, she was spayed. It never mattered.
My first experience with Bailey’s “physical lovin’” was when I babysat her about a month after Diamondqueen and TPM brought her home. They wanted a night out; [...]
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Posted in Dog Stories, My (Mis)Adventures as a Writer, NaNoWriMo posts, tagged beagles, doggie in the window, dogs, dogs who look out the window, memoir, NaNoWriMo, National Writing Month on November 9, 2007 | No Comments »
See the first Bailey post here.
My sister, Diamondqueen, and her husband, TPM (That Poor Man), lived in a third floor apartment when they were first married. I’d swing by after work sometimes to see Bailey, which the newlyweds didn’t seem to mind. If Bailey was out of her crate, she’d be looking down from the [...]
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Bailey was a beagle. She was the dog my sister and brother-in-law bought just days after they returned from their honeymoon in October, 1995. She was a sweetheart, a demon, affectionate, vile, thieving, and thoroughly lovable — when she wasn’t driving everyone crazy.
For someone who doesn’t own dogs herself (thanks to apartment living and other [...]
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If the words above are gibberish to you, let me explain. They stand for National Novel Writing Month. This has become a ritual of exquisite torture for me each November since I first discovered NaNoWriMo (in, I think, 2002).
The point is to rough out a novel of 50,000 words during the month of November. I [...]
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