Left Turns

This week, there was definitely that end of summer feel to the air, that melancholic, transitional, time-to-shop-for-school supplies-and-corduroys feel. When I was fifteen and about to go into high school, I bought a pair of forest green corduroys that I loved beyond...

Udder Insanity. The Going Bovine trailer

 A big old kiss to everyone who I managed to guilt into participated in the Random House Fantasy Road Trip contest. And thanks to everyone who said they would have if they had a camera/weren’t too old/weren’t Canadian/weren’t actually living a...
A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

 Dear Readers,  Once upon a time, I went to the 7th grade dance. It was in a dark gymnasium that smelled of Binaca breath spray and sweat. There was a cover band with enough big hair to make Muppets. A Boston song was played. And I was standing on the...
Midnight Cowgirl

Midnight Cowgirl

"Everybody’s talking at me…I don’t hear a word they’re sayin’…only the echoes in my mind…"You know, people, I’ve done a lot of interesting, some might even say strange, things in my life. But I now know that...

R.I.P. movie version

I know lots of you have been waiting for a movie update, and I haven’t been able to provide any info. Sorry about that. I was having to wait for some things to sort themselves out before I could say anything. Now they have and I’ll tell you what I know:...