Tag Archives: humor

She Was a Good Doggy

Posted on June 9, 2011 by This Woman Writes

The first day we got her, I left the kids with the Norwegian Artist, dutifully snapped on the leash, and went for the inaugural walk to the park, where somehow, when I blinked for a fraction too long, our newest family member clamped her mouth shut around a dead duck. Continue reading →

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Mouth of the Grand Canyon — Mine

Posted on June 6, 2011 by This Woman Writes

For some reason, I lack the genetic DNA to sit in a circle and listen to one or two members of a group drone on and on about how they feel about what we have all just endured. Continue reading →

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Bruce Willis Knitting

Posted on May 12, 2011 by This Woman Writes

I confess: I engage in reckless behavior. Sometimes I salt my food before I taste it. I set the cruise control for two miles over the speed limit. If the headache’s bad enough, I’ll take two aspirin instead of one. … Continue reading →

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Card Me — Please!

Posted on May 11, 2011 by This Woman Writes

I just bought a bottle of beer so that I can make more shampoo. Yeah, that’s right. I pour beer on my head, mixed with a liquid soap that has pronounceable and recognizable words in the ingredient list (Olive Oil, … Continue reading →

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An Alarming Faceoff in the Bedroom

Posted on May 4, 2011 by This Woman Writes

Ah, but Norwegian Artists are a determined race, and the offending item was banished to the far Netherlands of my nightstand, and that only with my avowed promise to use my body as a shield against the Aurora Borealis in numerical form. Continue reading →

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And You Think Naming a Baby Is Difficult?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by This Woman Writes

Accessorizing the seared gourd is a deep, warm cream dubbed cheerful cheesecake, which makes me wonder what a depressed cheesecake looks like.

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The Little Things Don’t Tweet and Ring

Posted on April 13, 2011 by This Woman Writes

One of the phones buzzes; another one shrieks; the third one retches. When they all go off at once it sounds as if the dog is getting sick. Continue reading →

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The Multi-tasking Norwegian

Posted on April 5, 2011 by This Woman Writes

Given that the Norwegian Artist, however, is one of the sanest people I know, his digital reading habits in conjunction with the wielding of his brushes apparently don’t mess with his brain as much as living in constant contact with me.

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The (Dressing Room) Walls Come Crashing Down

Posted on March 22, 2011 by This Woman Writes

Those chauvinist males out there who joke about how long it takes women to dress have never seen one re-attire herself in a panic in the middle of the Mart rat cubicle.

Thank God for that. Continue reading →