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Amusing musings

by | Jan 16, 2012 | current non-events, food, Humor, Memoir, school, writing

I have thought more about high school basketball this past week than I did when I played it in high school. Not exactly true, because I’m not really thinking about it so much as thinking, “I used to play basketball. That was a long time ago.”  I...

Hall of Same

by | Jan 9, 2012 | current events, Family, Humor, Memoir, school

Who knew that I would ever have to contemplate what to wear to a hall of fame induction? It’s not sensible (except from a fundraising point of view though they’ve misjudged me in that regard) for me to be inducted into my high school’s athletic hall...

Horoscopes for the Living

by | Oct 31, 2011 | business, current events, Family, Humor, school, writing

A week or two ago, as I flipped through our alumni magazine from Holy Cross and saw that fellow alum Billy Collins ‘s latest book is called Horoscopes for the Dead, I knew I had found the perfect 50th birthday gift for a friend of mine. She and I are both...
Something is Always Happening

Something is Always Happening

by | Oct 19, 2011 | business, city living, current events, Environment, food, Humor, James River Park System, Outdoors, Parks, Quirky Richmond, REAL RICHMOND, school, Travel, writing, writing for children

I gave a 5 minute talk last night at Midlothian Middle School to middle schoolers, their parents, teachers, and other book-loving folks, sharing the stage with much better known and accomplished writers Sheila P. Moses, Sue Corbett, Brooks Smith, Connie Lapallo, and...