Happy Valentine’s Day, inklings. I say that a bit tongue-in-cheek. The husband and I do cards and sort-of flowers: He brings them home, gives them to me, and then they live in the bathroom behind closed doors because Pippin thinks they’re her salad. Some years we go out on a Valentine’s date, but it doesn’t …
2015’s Reads, 2015’s Faves, and Projected Reads for 2016 Books I Read in 2015 I’ve starred the ones I enjoyed most, and following the list you’ll find brief notes on each of those faves. My goal for 2015 was to read at least 50 books. Missing that mark by 3 isn’t too bad. And I …
Hidey-ho, lovelies! Today is so-called Black Friday here in the good ol’ USA, and I have many opinions about it. I shan’t delineate them all here. All I’ll say is that I’ve never participated in Black Friday, and I never plan to. Also, I wrote the following short story, the tone and content of which …
Hile, wordslingers! With neither ado nor adon’t, Ima splat you right in the face with a lemon meringue writing advice pie. It’s November, and that means NaNoWriMo, and though I ain’t perticipatin’, I know there’re plenty of you crazy kids out there who might need a little scribbling inspiration as the end of Week One …
And here, dahlings, my ode to Full Circle Bookstore, my favorite bookstore in Oklahoma City. I penned the first draft on one of my first visits to Full Circle after moving back here from Germany in 2007. The poem is a snapshot of that evening as the husband and I sat and perused and listened …
Hile, inkslingers, ne’er-do-wells, and sundry, I’ve been neglecting the blog again of late. But I have good reason. A depression low-point struck, and I’ve been self-medicating with Netflix. Also, I was sick with another of my lovely sinus infections, so it’s taken me a bit to bounce back from that. But I’m trying to get …
And now for something that only I might find funny. But I do confess I laughed so hard, I cried. I recently had the toddler (2 years, 10 months) leave Ed a voicemail message. The audio is utterly endearing and cute. But I was in stitches reading the Google Voice transcription: “Hey. And yeah, Hi. …
“Wear a smile on my face, but there’s a demon inside.” –from “Jekyll and Hyde” by Five Finger Death Punch Don’t Google or YouTube that. (No, seriously. Don’t.) I don’t for a moment think it’s a literal demon. Let’s just get that out of the way right from the start. I haven’t invited anything in, …
“Everyone has talent. What is rare is courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.” –Erica Jong Once upon a time, I got stuck and needed rescuing, and the above quote pulled me up out of the sucking quagmire. *squelches* Now, my darlingest readers, in order to help you understand just …
this is the capture
and the crystallization
of a thought concept idea emotion
and all the talk around it
illustration with words
the one thing
to brighten darken collect and sing
crisp the breath
the mind
emboldened to lay aside all reservation
just before the now
deliver ye unto me
the fresh cut the distinctive taste
singular pleasure
texture on the tongue
raw volcanic sensation
remaining locked in a moment
just before the now
no quarter given
relinquish our original
yield up to me the whole
and witness the transformation
from love to always
from made to right
promise me the wine of undiluted delight
and i am yours.
Courtney Weger Cantrell
July 2, 2015