Pearl

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• I Am a Vessel. A Slightly Cracked and Momentarily Unfocused Vessel.

  It was at the yoga studio, yesterday, that I was blessed, if you will, with the gift of distraction. That is, distraction reared its shaggy, diverting head,... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Perhaps a Lovely Cowcatcher at the Front of the Vehicle, Then?

  We’ve spoken, perhaps, on the many ways in which I try to enrich my city, the fair metropolis of Minneapolis.There’s my “I’m-picking-up-yer-trash” day in the... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• It's Not the Years, It's the Body Damage

  From winter, 2010. Thought we could all use a blast of cool air -- perhaps coming up through the floorboards...We bought a 14 year-old car last summer. It’s... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• And A Tiny Kitty Shall Lead Them

  “Pearl. Pearl.”The room dark, the sound of my white noise machine pleasantly static-ing in the background, I have quite recently become aware of a weight on my... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Veritable Well of Untapped Potential

  Another repost whilst my wrists heal, from 2009...You wouldn’t know it to look at me now, but I was a straight-A student. No, really! Spelling? No problem. Math... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Little Lip Wouldn't Hurt

  It's come to the point where I must admit that the tendinitis -- not the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome originally suspected -- has rendered me both incapable of... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Boy Scout, My Butt; Or, It Pays to Be Prepared

  In a world rife – and fraught! Let us not forget fraught! – with countless details, any one of which could be the exploding gas tank on the roadside emergency... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Can You Smell the Lemons?

  I have not had access to my blog for three days. Frightening!So I haven't been ignoring you. I've actually pined for you. :-) So how are things?Willie is known... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Also, It Looks Like We Could Both Use a Pedicure, So Maybe We Bring A Gal in Ove...

  So here we are: Monday morning.And wasn’t it just minutes ago that it was Friday afternoon, redolent with the promise of sleeping-in, of finally folding those... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sometimes It Is What It Appears to Be: A Nice Day

  When I was a child, there was a strip mall a couple blocks down with a dry cleaner’s at one end; and there wasn’t a day that Danny didn’t stand outside of it. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hey Lady! Hey Lady!

  Charles commutes to work by bus.“Got a bus story for you,” he says. “I know you’ll appreciate this.” As a writer and daily bus user, I hear these words a lot. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• She Works Hard for the Money; Or So Far, Aging Has Been Lucrative

  She is drunk. Not outrageously, and perfectly within reason, seeing as how we are standing outside a bar.“I’m so sorry to interrupt, but do you have a... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• I Like to Get It Out of the Way Early-Like

  I wouldn’t say I fall down a lot, but I will say that I've found myself suddenly several feet lower than expected more than once. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• “The Door is A Jar”; Or Appliances Usually Don’t Know What They’re Talking About

  I’m not sure if my dad is messing with me or not.It is probably safest to assume that he is.“So I woke up, what? 2:00, 2:30 in the morning, and I hear a voice... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• In My Mother’s Garden, Or Late June, Middle America

  I can feel the sun in my hair. I reach up.Warm hair feels like summer. We are walking through the gated garden off to one side of the house. I tease her about... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Careful What You Ask for There

  I’m planning my next sick day.I mean, I don’t want to waste my time actually being sick.I just want to claim that I am.I’m not a willy-nilly kind of gal, despit... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mary Gets Rubbed

  There we were, as we so often are: black-pantsed and white-shirted and side-by-side. Neatly coiffed, hands clasped behind our backs, Mary and I rock gently on... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Impactful! Or Communication is the Cornerstone of Our Speaking

  I have a conference call to dial into and I’m already late.Shoot.This is no way to end the work week.Beep. Beep-beep-beep. Beep-beep-beep boop boop bee... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• ... And Our Hearts Are with Her Family at This Time

  And in other news, the body of Office Drudge and Energetic Dancer Pearl was discovered locked in the 42nd floor bathroom late Tuesday afternoon. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Fish Gonna Fry in the Kitchen, Bean Gonna Burn on the Grill; Or, That Yellow...

  Initially, my eyes had difficulty adjusting to the light. I had been told this was common.I was told that, in time, I would adapt.Did you know it is summer in... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION