Why “In the Chair”? A girl’s gotta sit somewhere. Welcome to “In the Chair,” my new blog. It’s called “In the Chair” because all the writing greats and how-to-books and workshop instructors and motivational speakers tell you, get in the chair. Do the work, ship it, stop talking about it and just write. So IContinue reading “Hello Blogging My Old Friend”
Tag Archives: stories
Working 9-5
When I graduated from college I started the job search. There was no living in my parent’s basement. There was no backpacking through Europe. I knew I had to work. With a double major in English and Sociology, I really wanted to become a famous novelist but had a backup plan of saving the world.Continue reading “Working 9-5”
Arch Enemies
When I take my teenage girls shopping for shoes they inevitably wind up in the clearance section trying on every pair of high heels they can find. And if you’ve never been in the clearance section checking out the heels, they tend to be a) the highest heels legally available in this country, b) madeContinue reading “Arch Enemies”
So Much To Say
Yesterday while waiting to get a chest x-ray (see earlier rant about this lousy winter), a woman sitting near me asked if I thought the Peace plant between us was real. Before I could answer she started talking and I learned the following about her: She had stage three lung cancer but was doing fineContinue reading “So Much To Say”
In the Chair 