That dot on the right is Fiona trying to find a patch of grass… All work and no play makes Mare a dull girl. All work and no play makes Mare a dull girl. All work and no play makes Mare a dull girl. All work and no play makes Mare a dull girl. […]
Monthly Archives: February 2015
The beauty of seabirds, high above the garbage… In folklore, a sin-eater is a person who, through a ritual meal, takes on the sins of a household, often because of a recent death, absolving the soul and allowing that person to rest in peace. I am very much alive, but I am thinking this morning, of […]
Is Alcoholism a Disorder? And does it matter what handle we give it, as long as we know it’s not a choice? A few years ago I went to a psychologist. I was pretty much drunk the entire first year after my divorce and I was haphazard about my personal safety. It seemed that […]
This was happening while I was writing… Written at 1:00 A.M. I’m back in Georgia. There’s ice on the balcony, but the driveway is clear. My big fear was that I would have to park the car below the house and crawl up the drive with my belongings strapped to my back. Neighbor Bob […]
I am going to be writing a human interest column for Arbus Magazine. The inaugural article will be in Arbus’s March/April issue, and I am excited about the opportunity. When I submitted my article, my only concern was that I didn’t have an appropriate photograph to send with my bio. You’ve seen the photos of me on this blog, […]
On the television show VEEP, the Vice President of the United States is given the task of spearheading the campaign to reduce obesity in America. She says to her chief of staff, “The President knows I am made uncomfortable by fat people. You want to know the secret to keeping weight off? Shut your (expletive) pie […]
For jollies, I Googled “cure for alcoholism”. It seemed like one of those aphorisms you might see pop up on the side of your Facebook feed like “lose five pounds of belly fat today!” or “how to become a millionaire!” and I’m a sucker for those… There are actually a number of books that claim […]
I had a hangover yesterday morning. I knew I was giving up sugar for Lent, so I sat watching Netflix with Lauren the night before (like a condemned prisoner), eating all the Valentine’s candy she had in the house. I get a sugar hangover. But it was more than that… The minute I […]
Goodbye, bite sized candy which used to come in large bars and is designed to give you a smaller portion option, but I eat the whole bag(s)… When I was drinking, I would think about giving up wine for Lent every year. I’d have this moral argument in my head and always come up […]
Last night Kim and Dee and I watched the 40th Anniversary of Saturday Night Live together. I’m in Jacksonville and its been a couple months since I’ve seen either of them. We sat in Kim’s theater with lap blankets and gassy water, and laughed until our sides hurt, we cried, we were weak, and any other […]
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