Upside Down Cats

I've been uncharacteristically paranoid that I will somehow forget to publish a NaBloPoMo post today, thereby failing my National Blog Posting Month mission to post every day of November about a person I know/knew in exactly thirty words. Well, I just finished writing the last one at 12:20 PM so there's little chance of any mishaps: Vignette #30...here it is...

Fake Lame Guy in NYC

You walk briskly down Broadway along with the rest of us every night toward the Beacon Theater. As we approach you gradually transform into crippled homeless guy, begging for handouts.

*Victorious NaBloPoMo Participant's Note: I did it! Whew! Yea!

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With my four day weekend nearly behind me, I am reminded that, in fact, today is Sunday - the day of the week I traditionally post the menu I've planned for the week ahead. So here 's the plan...

 

Homemade Turkey Barley Vegetable Soup & Three Cheese Semolina Bread Dipped in Olive Oil & Balsamic Vinegar

Chili-Cheese Nachos & Spring Mix Salad

Turkey, Cornbread Stuffing & Broccoli Bake w/ Creamy Gravy

Kielbasa, Macaroni & Cheese & Creamy Coleslaw

Spinach & Sausage Calzones & Spring Mix Salad

Eggs Fried in a Whole Wheat Bread Frame, Hash Brown Potatoes, Thick Cut Bacon & Clementines

 

If this had been a four-day vacation, I'd definitely feel sad to see it end. Although the change of pace and priorities has been nice, I'll actually be glad to return tomorrow to the land of the (somewhat) gainfully employed. Here's to a great week ahead!

Wow...once I publish this post I'll have only one more day of participation in National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo)! That means I have only one more opportunity to share a thirty word portrait of a person I know/knew. Here's a little thing I like to call Vignette #29...

Eddie

You were our paperboy and the older brother of a girl in my class. Mom thought you liked me. I thought you were a nerd. So was I but still...

We're definitely in the home stretch of National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) now with only three more days to go! Here on the twenty-eighth day of writing about a person I know/knew in exactly thirty words, please meet Vignette #28...

Our UPS Delivery Man

You're friendly, conscientious and quick with a smile. You wave to the daycare children who watch at the window. Once you cut your finger and I cleaned and bandaged it.

In the interest of putting my actions where my mouth is, I give you an "off the top of my head" list of things for which I'm thankful today and always.

Continue reading "A Spontaneous "I'm Thankful For..." List" »

Welcome to the Thanksgiving edition of my NaBloPoMo project. Today on the twenty-seventh day of National Blog Posting Month I share with you yet another person I know/knew in exactly thirty words in Vignette #27...

Diana the Bitch

You were the teenager teaching the gymnastics class we took when we were eleven. You told my friend Elaine she was too fat to do gymnastics. We quit that day.

I'm still chugging along on the NaBloPoMo Express! Here I am at National Blog Posting Month, Day 26, writing about yet another person I know/knew in exactly thirty words. I'd like to introduce you to Vignette #26...

Puny Supermarket Security Guy

You wander aimlessly around the store pushing three items in your cart every week. I hope you only work plain-clothes surveillance because I'm pretty sure I could overpower you.

This was a Thanksgiving project at daycare...I was proud of my prototype. Can you blame me?



 
 

 



 

 

 

 


 
 

I'm not sure what Turkey Day itself will allow me in terms of posting, so please accept my wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving today.

Continue reading "The Art Of Thanksgiving" »

As National Blog Posting Month draws nearer to it's end, I am still posting daily throughout November. This year for NaBloPoMo I've been writing about a person I know/knew in exactly thirty words. Meet Vignette # 25...

Sam

You were the kindly janitor who helped me find elusive Room 3 my first day of junior high school. I covered your retirement in a feature for the school newspaper.

We're in the home stretch of National Blog Posting Month! This year for NaBloPoMo I've been posting every day of November about a person I know/knew in exactly thirty words. Here's a blast from my past...Vignette #24...

Standing Up Sleeping Guy

You were standing against boxes behind the counter, sleeping when I went with Daddy to the hardware store. The man ringing us up didn't seem to notice you behind him.