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Author Archives: Carrie
a story for Lisa
Steven ran into a couple of spiders outside so he grabbed the can of Raid to take care of him. A few minutes later he came back in the house with a dazed look on his face while holding the can of Raid and the flashlight. “Are you okay?” I asked. “The spider had an […]
April 32nd
where a kid can be a kid
Saturday Steven and I got together with his family to celebrate his brother Kevin’s birthday. It was a relaxing afternoon of burgers, beer, and wine. As we talked over our meal, we brought up various birthdays of years’ past. Kevin had a birthday party at a McDonald’s once. My sister had one at the Pizza […]
a memoriam post
Kurt Vonnegut passed away. I don’t know much about him nor have I read any of his work, but this quote struck me. Perhaps I’ll pick up “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” and have a read. “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet […]
always turning me on
Steven comes into the bedroom and switches on the floor lamp. He then begins to remark, “Do you want a three-way . . .” then stumbles at seeing the look on my face. “. . . in this . . . lamp?” he finishes. He meant a new three-way-setting light bulb for the lamp.
birdcats
Last weekend Steven and I finally got around to setting up some bird feeders. We’ve been meaning to do this ever since we got our first house in Auburn, but life and all that jazz pushed this project back two years. Half the reason we’ve wanted to do it is for the cats. Both of […]
tunalicious
I come home and feed the kitties some lovely, more-expensive-than-necessary tuna and shrimp flavored cat food. Bon appetit. Five minutes later, Renton barfs his up right in the middle of the living room rug. Half the house has hardwood and he always shoots for the one spot of carpet. Now the living room has the […]
back so soon?
“Hey, Carrie — what’s going on with your website?” Over the past few months, this question would pop up from one of my friends every now and again — the server that was hosting my site seemed to be having more and more problems staying online. I had plans to switch but life always had […]
one of those times when I wish I had my camera with me
Driving up to work this morning and I notice the driver in front of me is fiddling with something. I look closer and she’s messing with her hair . . . with both hands. She’s putting large curlers in her hair with both hands while driving down the middle lane of 280. We’re not stopped […]