by Kim Brown | Sep 17, 2012 | Blog, Staff Blog
I used to be a runner. Three to four days a week, I’d throw on a sports bra, tee shirt, shorts and running shoes, and hit the pavement. I’d run rain or shine. I’d run when it was 90 degrees. I’d run when it was well below zero. I’d run at...
by minervarising | Sep 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
“I release you, my beautiful and terrible fear. I release you. You were my beloved and hated twin, but now, I don’t know you as myself” ― Joy Harjo I have always feared insanity, my own and others. It seemed the worst thing that could happen to me (the thing I...
by Kim Brown | Sep 3, 2012 | Blog, Staff Blog
I’m taking an art class. I knew I would have to start with the basics, but I didn’t realize that meant learning how to hold my pencil. My teacher informed me that the death grip that I usual hold my pencil in makes my shading look scratchy and uneven. She...
by minervarising | Aug 27, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
I wrote two things earlier this morning and here they are Thing Number One: In response to a prompt that asked “If you were to write a book today, what would you want it to prove?” I thought, 1. Ice cream is heaven sent and will heal most things.2. When ice cream...
by minervarising | Aug 20, 2012 | Blog
I lost my keys. How is it possible that after I pulled my car in the driveway my keys completely disappeared? I’ve searched through every drawer and underneath every cushion. Nothing. Perhaps my lost keys are symptom of a much larger problem. Maybe losing...
by minervarising | Aug 13, 2012 | Blog
I started work young – thirteen I think. Chambermaid at the Redwood Motel. It did not go so well. In fact I hated it. While others, including my sister, seemed to gain pleasure from making the bathroom shine, I would wipe it down with the dirty towels that were...
by Kim Brown | Aug 6, 2012 | Blog
It’s 1:30 in the morning and I can’t sleep. Not only do I want to sleep, but I really need to. We’ve been at the beach for the last four days and tomorrow we’re going home. My insomnia could be a touch of resistance about re-entering the real world. Life...
by minervarising | Jul 30, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
“Can such stiff and formal moldings as words capture the spirit-essence of love?” – Pearl Buck. The answer seems to be – it depends on who you ask. If you ask a poet, he or she might say My love is like a Red Red Rose Or You only have to let the soft animal...
by Kim Brown | Jul 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Every time I have to write a new blog I feel as if I’ve been tossed into a black hole. I don’t know where to start or what to write about. Sometimes my ideas are so clear the blog writes itself, but unfortunately that happens so infrequently it’s hardly...
by minervarising | Jul 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have a pain in my neck. I mean a real pain in my neck, like the kind Mary Shelley must have been having when she envisioned the character of Frankenstein; his head being held on with a bolt that went clean through from one side to the other. Sometimes, it keeps me...
