The first time I submitted a piece of writing for consideration in a publication, I was 13. I sent a poem to a local lit mag, very tiny thing it was, and I won some prize or other for my age group. I was hooked.
Since then, I have periodically sent off my poems and essays [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 13, 2008
Submission
April 11, 2008
Can you afford offspring?
Not tickets to see the band. I mean the small, loud, often times stinky creatures that make life so fulfilling. Mine, at any rate.
As I wish desperately that I had some vocation I could dedicate my life to, a nagging but tiny voice says, “Um, pardon me but don’t you love being a Mama? Don’t [...]
April 8, 2008
In a Black Hole
I tend not to believe in fate, destiny, in the movement of the planets and if they have some cosmic impact in our daily lives. I like to think we have free will, that we can willingly and consciously choose to act or not, to speak or not, to assume responsibility for the path we [...]
April 5, 2008
The Recession from the Trenches
The months after a layoff, waiting to be hired by a new employer, knowing you must relocate in order to continue the pursuit of a certain career, feels a lot like the end of a pregnancy.
As time passes, you wait, you know that something has to happen soon, you try to imagine which day will [...]
