This week I’m doing a word scramble. The word is “hits”.
Unscramble the word and put it behind the noun “bull”, which in this case serves as an adjective describing the scrambled word.
Here’s the hint: This is what they feed you when they say work hard and you’ll achieve the American Dream.
Ah, a healthy dose of [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Word of the Week (Hits)
Posted in life, writing, tagged American dream, anger, life, word play on September 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Word of the Week
Posted in family, life, writing, tagged hamster, life, writers block, writing on September 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This week’s word is genitals. No this is not an x-rated blog, and I know most of you know what they are. Do you, however, know where to find them on a hamster? Well, I didn’t. That’s why for the past four months we’ve called our hamster Hannah when he’s really a Hank. Thanks to [...]
Word of the Week
Posted in life, writing, tagged creative writing, Detroit, life, mfa, Michigan, novel, slang, word of the week, writing on September 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m starting a new thing on this here bloggy. I’m going to think about posting a word of the week and a bit about how that word has impacted my life. This week the word is “doorwall”. Those who do not hail from Michigan’s Detroit area may wonder what the hell is a “doorwall”. Let [...]
This was a little over a year ago
Posted in breast cancer, family, life, tagged Add new tag, breast cancer, cancer, family, life, photos on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An altogether different time
The above link is to a montage of photos taken last year during my treatment for breast cancer. It seems like it was so long ago. I just found it at my Planet Cancer page, which I haven’t looked at in a while. Now, I have a full head of really tight [...]
Sitting here with soft cat paws
Posted in family, life, tagged cats, family, life on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sitting here in my family room with my cat’s soft paw resting on my shoulder. My 10-year-old Kiki wants life alert when she gets old. That’s what advertising will do. She just heard it on television. My husband Jay got my son Josh an Ugly Stick. That’s a fishing rod. They are going fishing [...]