Year: 2002

It’s Really Happening?!

Posted on November 20, 2002 in Blog Meets

Five people from Orange County confirmed for the Meetup in Tustin!

Slave Rebellion

Posted on November 20, 2002 in Cats

Tracy lurks next to the computer these days, always convinced that I have something that she wants to eat. She whines and claws at my bare arm or, if I happen to be blogging in the nude, my legs.

Long red scratches cross my arms where she’s “nudged” me for a treat.

Today the Slave fought back. When she drove her nails into my arm, I seized her paw and with a pair of fingernail clippers penalized her one claw. She lost four before she got the idea that this was going to happen any time she scratched me. Now she sits on the floor next to the chair and gives me mournful looks.

Offer for Blog Friends

Posted on November 19, 2002 in Writing

I am sure that the mention of my book in progress tantalizes at least one of you.

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Blackout

Posted on November 19, 2002 in Neighborhood Weather

One word — Fuck! — pushed forward from my mouth and, for a second, seemed to make everything flash on again.

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Excerpt from Writing Practice

Posted on November 19, 2002 in Writing Exercises

Most of my characters are neurotic.

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Monday at the Writers’ Group

Posted on November 19, 2002 in Writing Groups

Does one have to know what every symbol means? Does it have to be a symbol in the first place or can it be set decoration that tells you something subtle about the character’s priorities?

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Shame Us Into Peace?

Posted on November 18, 2002 in Pointers

Believe it or not, I did not find this link through blogdom’s principal connoisseur of pornographic protest wKenshoW.

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Atop Portola Hills

Posted on November 18, 2002 in Weather

We got to this middling time when the air is still, the skies clear, there’s a hint of warmth in the air, and yet I need a slightly thicker shirt or sweater.

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