Let me count the ways. Scar is such a phenomenal villain that aside from Simon Gruber, Jeremy Irons never found another role as good as that one. He’s another that usually tops the Disney Villains lists for just being so terribly entertaining and maniacal. One of the things I find ...
It’s an unsettling feeling, yet one I tend to seek every now and then for reasons beyond me. Seeing what a scardy cat I can – if only internally – be, I often wonder why I keep coming back for more. I find it’s mostly because normally I am not scared of much. I have ...
Below is an example of a Friday spelling test pre-Maddy versus a Friday spelling test when working with Maddy on a weekly basis. Oct. vs Jan. HALLOWEEN For Halloween you were a black kitty cat and I also joined you in the feline category. Not entirely sure what I was, maybe a female...
It was agreed, then, that I should be put to flame, and whatever residue remained of me be poured into the lake or, more likely, latch onto a substantial happenstance of a come-along wind to play-along with my ash. I don’t know what I thought of this much fuss, with all corporea...
I step out onto the porch, herding the kids outside to wait for their carpool. I am no longer blasted by the heat; instead, it is cool- not quite crisp, not yet, but cool enough to let me know that summer has finally moved on. I notice one of our Halloween pumpkins has melted ...
Congratulate me, for I am officially the Nicest Lady in the Neighborhood, a title I hope to hold until next Halloween rolls around. How did I score this enviable title? Well, I am usually in the running: ours is the only house within a multi-block radius that gives out full-size ...
My parents were blue collar artists who raised my sister and me in a one-hundred-year-old house in an industrial part of Chicago. I read Halloween books and comics throughout my middle childhood, which roused my own editions of horror pamphlets and graphic novels. In my early adolescence, ...
That first long sentence is the last paragraph made me cry but it was funny too. You are a hell of a writer girl. wendy2020 on September 16, 2012 at 8:42 pm This was so slice of sloshy southern life. Loved it (and it made me want a sloppy drunk in cowboy boots to twirl ...
You’re funny, sweet, smart AND hot? Holy crap, I have really lucked out here. A lot of people like to say they’ve found their soul mate. But I’m the one who’s right about it! Just thinking about you as I sign this card is making me feel all mushy and romantic. My “with...
And I added an Epilogue in which I wrote, “Slowly the realization worked its way through to me: I was the villain in this piece. Through my selfishness, I had nearly killed our dog and poisoned a friendship.” You can read the rest of my apology here. The irony is that in the “...