Miss SugarCookie

Category: writing

  • 2019-07-14 MFA Res Day 1 – Four, Three, Two, One.. Go!

    2019-07-14 MFA Res Day 1 – Four, Three, Two, One.. Go!

    The train has officially left the station and no time has been wasted getting up to full speed. The short story on what happened yesterday includes 4 lectures, 3 orientation/training sessions, 2 trips to the dining room, and 1 workshop. As an added bonus there was a faculty reading in the evening which is always…

  • 2019-07-13 MFA Res Day 0 – Stepping into the Familiar

    2019-07-13 MFA Res Day 0 – Stepping into the Familiar

    Yesterday was a scramble to wrap up preparations and mid-afternoon I made the quick trip from my home-sweet-home to Nebraska City. Unlike a lot of the people in the program I live relatively close and don’t have far to go. Most traveling by car had a rough go because of all the flooding in the…

  • 2019-07-11 Changing Tides and Tidal Waves 🌊🌊🌊

    2019-07-11 Changing Tides and Tidal Waves 🌊🌊🌊

    When last we met my mood was foul and I had accepted the fact and was rolling with it. That feels like four hundred years ago now and so much has changed. In truth, nothing has changed, all those issues persist but somehow the ride turned. And that, folks, is the nature of the beast…

  • 2019-07-08 What’s a Girl to Do?

    2019-07-08 What’s a Girl to Do?

    It’s been a few days since I’ve had a moment to myself to even think about life, let alone write about it. We had a pretty great holiday weekend.. mostly chill and the main excitement was getting our new little kitty, Doug, acclimated to the house and the other cats. We started that on the…

  • 2019-07-01 Big Bites

    2019-07-01 Big Bites

    A few days ago I got a present in the mail which I was super excited to receive.. my packet of materials for my MFA residency coming up this month. It feels a bit like Christmas morning, getting a first look at some really great material. I always love reading other peoples poems (reading mine…

  • 2019-06-15 Four, Three, Two, One, and Go (or Not)

    2019-06-15 Four, Three, Two, One, and Go (or Not)

    At this point I’m just moving about the world and spending a lot of time thinking about it. The world and my place in it. What’s worth a second thought and what is not. Four days ago I saw a tweet from a friend of mine that led to an article that was worth a…

  • 2019-06-12 Balance Restored

    2019-06-12 Balance Restored

    It’s Wednesday and the toughest part of my week is over. I had the dinner party and wouldn’t you know it, the world did not end. Nothing bad happened. Of course they all loved the house and I ordered sushi so food prep and clean-up was a snap! I slept in until about 7:15 this…

  • 2019-06-11 It’s all in my Head

    2019-06-11 It’s all in my Head

    I’m having a quaint get-together with co-workers at my house this evening and I’m having some serious anxiety about it. I don’t know what is wrong with me. Why can’t I just relax like everyone else and enjoy dinner with some really great people? Why can’t I? I mean, what’s the worst that can happen?…