Category Archives: Family

Today’s Poem Is Brought to You by Sunday Telemarketing

Posted on December 9, 2007 by randomyriad

The Household Body “Can I speak with the head of the house?” The Telemarketer asked. I thought: Do houses have heads, and can you speak with them? “No,” I said. But then I thought: If a person is the head, … Continue reading →

Posted in All part of the process, developing relationships, Family, House and home, playing games, poetry, Questions and riddles, Self-Experiments, thinking in words | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

7 things you may or may not want to know about me.

Posted on December 5, 2007 by randomyriad

I have been very busy catching up on the things I did not do last month because I was writing, but now I am back and ready to write everyday. Thanks to Ms. Moonbeam, who tagged me, I have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, California, Check this out, developing relationships, Family, Life with Animals, lists, personal history, Telling Stories, thinking in words, time travel | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Monday Night NaNoWriMo Excerpt

Posted on November 27, 2007 by randomyriad

All The Sparkling Fishes In the Stream That night in Essie’s room a forest grew and became the world all around. It was a forest like the one on the Orinoco. She went down to get water from the stream … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo Daily/ A Sunday Morning in Weston

Posted on November 25, 2007 by randomyriad

II Essie arrived at Maddie’s around 9:00 and knocked no answer. So she went back to the motel and paid for another night, and went out to a little coffee shop on the highway for breakfast. She ate slowly and … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo Excerpt: Connecting Dots in the Plot.

Posted on November 23, 2007 by randomyriad

Lonely tree, Dark Room, Joy and Thunder Emmylou was settled in her bed at the usual time 9:00 with her reading light on and little boom box playing Beethoven’s 9th. She usually fell asleep to music and let it shut … Continue reading →

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