It's birthday party planning season in our house, which means a lot of browsing for bargain decorations and favors on the Oriental Trading Company website. It's not always the cheapest source for particularly for licensed character items, but it tends to be a great place to get party staples like tablecloths, balloons, crafts, and small … Continue reading Weird stuff for sale at Oriental Trading Company
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Writers love the book Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. Every few months a writer I know will mention THE BOOK only to have other people pile on about how inspiring it is. I read it. I didn't find it inspiring. I found it choked with metaphor and platitudes. I didn't hate it, but it … Continue reading Am I the only writer who doesn’t love Bird by Bird?
Now that I've looked back on my accomplishments and shortfalls from last year it is time to set out my goals for 2016. a couple of my goals for this year don't follow my usual uber list criteria of specific and measurable, but they are things that I'd like to focus on anyway. In general … Continue reading Uber list: My goals for 2016
As 2015 ends it is time for me to look back on my goals for the year. Before I take score against my uber list I like to reflect on some of the unplanned accomplishments and good news of the year, if only to make me feel better about the goals I failed to meet. Here … Continue reading It’s the end of the year as we know it (and I feel fine)
It started days ago. Everyone said goodnight to each other as usual, but the next day people were missing. The day after that there were even fewer of us. Each day more people vanish. Normally crowded trains and hallways grow eerily quiet and empty. "Who will be here tomorrow?" You dare not ask the question … Continue reading The Emptying: A holiday-week horror story
Kim Z. Dale 