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Obedience School

The demon has graduated from obedience school. Unfortunately, he graduated at the bottom of his class.  And so while his fellow graduates can sit, lie down, shake, roll over and attend the college of their choice, the demon can sit … Continue reading

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Piss and Rules

The demon pissed all over the rough draft for my novel, the one I’m revising because I’m supposed to publish it with all of these cool I’m-going-to-change-the-way-we-read-fiction accoutrements before the end of the year.  The draft’s old old old and … Continue reading

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Defensive Driving

Remember that ticket I got a while back?  For speeding in a school zone?  The one that brought me to the conclusion that I’m no longer cute?  Well, I had to take defensive driving.  But I’ve been busy with the … Continue reading

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Charity: Water

So many of you have told me over the past week that you liked the fact that my last blog post was open-ended.  You don’t want to know whether the man came back to rake my lawn. Open-ended means there’s … Continue reading

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What I Now Remember about Puppies

*Puppies have very sharp teeth, rather like piranhas.  And they have no qualms about biting you if and when the opportunity presents itself. They do not care if you cry. *Puppies poop.  All the time.  Before breakfast, after breakfast, and … Continue reading

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Woof

I’ve been very quiet, haven’t I?  I’ve not been updating you very frequently.  Well, there’s a lot going on around here and it’s very very VERY cold and what I’d really like to do is crawl into my comfy bed … Continue reading

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Here, Puppy, Puppy, Puppy

You already know what happened the weekend after Thanksgiving when we tried to put up our Christmas tree.  No problem! I said, We’ll put the tree up next weekend.  Then the next weekend came and we were kind of booked and … Continue reading

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Around and Around and Around I Go

Everything is dirty.  Everything is dirty and furry and that’s because I no longer have an Angel.  Also, my housekeeper, who comes once every other week to work her magic, didn’t show up on Monday.  She didn’t show up but … Continue reading

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Uh-Oh

Last week my husband and The Boy and I were all hanging out in the kitchen and my husband was playing his guitar and I was unpacking a basket that my aunt won at the spring festival at The Boy’s … Continue reading

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Super Jennifer

Apparently, I have superpowers. I first realized my talent a couple of weeks ago, when I manifested a dog.  I’d been thinking a lot about babies and puppies, in all likelihood because I suffered a severe blow to the head … Continue reading

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