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My middle daughter has a morbid fascination with dead presidents now. She drilled me for information on President Lincoln's assassination. She was impressed that I have seen the room across the street from the Ford The…
I can feel my ankle strap pull against the front of my ankle when I walk. I am wearing silly shoes. Ridiculous black heels with an ankle strap. I am wearing a tight, lean skirt. I am wearing a sleeveless grey sweater…
I am home from my whirlwind vacation with three kids. While I am not 100%, I am better than I was when we left town on Sunday morning. No doubt. The kids slept nearly the whole way to Kansas City. It rained. We went…
I gained two hundred pounds in the night. I cannot move without great effort. My head feels swollen and heavy. I flop dramatically to the side. My summer cover is smooth and light. My hand moves over a fold in the f…
"I'm thinking about a bourbon." Hell, yeah. Make yourself a girlfriend, girls. I mean, find someone and court them. Don't double date. Don't make play dates in the park. I mean, do all of that, but do more. Go lis…
Despite a cup of coffee at 6:30 I was able to fall back asleep for a few hours this morning. The late hours and drinking habits of a novelist will catch up with you. But damn, it is fun. More tent camping. More kids …
Lots of things are perculating. I am sitting on my bed listening to two ten year olds talk out in a tent in my yard. I can't hear what they are saying. I can hear the rise and fall of voices. Conversation. The begin…
Happy Summer! Last night I sat up late with friends. My friend Scott showed up with champagne. My friend Ann showed up with lip gloss. I listened to Scott pontificate about the educational writing milieu. I love the…
1. Can I do a list of 100? 2. I probably won't blog this weekend. 3. Everything is filed. 4. Everything is copied to the client with a letter. 5. I changed my voice mail. 6. I watered my plants. 7. I sent an email …
Biking to Work and Vice Presidents What is funny to me is that I thought about biking today anyway. I do not have any court hearings. It is a casual day. I am working late to get stuff in order for my vacation next w…
My daughter and I are in a reading group at the library. I just finished When This Cruel War is Over. I am not a big fan of these serial type books. This is the "Dear America" series which is the idea that young girls…
I do not drive a minivan. My Toyota sedan is older than my oldest daughter. I can't even find my car but for the SUVs and minivans in the parking lots these days. I haven't really noticed the change in the gas prices.…
I have a "team meeting" with a client at her house in about thirty minutes. Her therapist and I are going to try and talk her into / advise her to relinquish her parental rights. I got up early and went for a run this …
My friend Scott took this picture a few weeks ago. I wish that things were this simple. Relationship blogs are boring and overwhelmingly personal, aren't they? Ok, a food blog then. There are green chili and turkey…
Guess who came to see me last night? John Steinbeck came by while I was having a vodka martini and cursing my novel. He made some suggestions about the structure of my novel and then I stayed up past midnight making ch…
Yesterday when I was out at my friend's cabin, a guy stopped by who is a friend of hers. "Hi! I heard you might be out here this week and I just thought I would check and see if you needed anything," he said as I walke…
The kids and I did some driving today. We went out to the cabin for lunch and some afternoon swimming. (Thank you, flex time and cool boss!) Then we drove to my oldest's first softball game. And that was something el…
I am feeling a bit out of my league. I am taking a creative writing workshop in about two weeks. I am taking a week off of work. I am spending a lot of money on this. And I have come to the conclusion that my writing…
My weekend was restorative. The cocktail party was fun. I was a sort of celebrity. All these people who came to Omaha from all over the US wanted to talk to me - a real, life rural lawyer who works on poverty issues. …
Once we had musak when you waited on hold. And the President of the Board of Directors called in one day, heard the musak while he waited on hold for the Director, and then got upset because it sent the wrong image to s…
Two summers ago I took photographs of people talking on their cell phones in public. I have a photograph album titled "cell phones." I carried my camera with me everywhere. Last summer I wrote a novel. (Excerpts are …
Postcard Project Alrighty. The first postcards went out. If you want a postcard from me, please email me your address. betycoltrane@yahoo.com (There really is only one "t" in my email addy. It's not a typo - it's my…
Sometimes when I call someone I forget my office number and I hesititate when I have to leave a message. I just started typing a signature block for a complaint and started to put my old business address in Grand Island…
I am cabin sitting this month for a friend. I am mowing the yard and making sure that there is fresh water there for the week that her mom stays there. For this I get the use of the cabin and lake and all the stuff wit…