Miss SugarCookie

Category: writing

  • 2018-08-18 Summer School Saturday – What it Looks Like

    Yesterday I made the successful transition into school mode. I finished reading a bunch of definitions about imagery and metaphor and started digging into the first selection of poets I’ve elected to read this go-round. I encountered a certain level of frustration because I’m not reading concept texts like I was last term. This time…

  • 2018-08-17 French-Toast Friday

    A few days ago my darling daughter initiated a game called “get to know you better”. In the game we take turns asking each other questions that reveal more about our character and through doing that we get to know each other better. There are two amazing things about this.. 1. She’s 16 and most…

  • 2018-08-15 OMG It’s August

    I know, I know.. it’s been August now for more than two weeks but it’s going by so fast. I’m not prepared for the end of summer, I’m not prepared for both my kids attending high school, and I’m certainly not prepared for the other things coming up in the next two weeks. It’s gonna…

  • 2018-08-13 In the Zone

    Yesterday was a perfect, quiet day. I got my workout in early and did some house chores. After that I was still not feeling the school vibe, despite impending doom. I really should come to terms that I don’t have to be “in the mood”, to work on what is supposed to be homework. I…

  • 2018-08-08 Our Twisted Memories

    Well.. both my kids are registered for school and they start in about one week. It could not come soon enough for me, considering every day is a fight to get bandwidth on my home internet. Yesterday my daughter basically said to me “you just need to call and get a better plan”. What??! Whatever.…

  • 2018-07-25 Look Who’s Back, Back Again

    I’m at the gym on my elliptical machine. It’s the first time I’m about two weeks and just getting started all I can think about is the start of that Eminem song “Without Me”. Now there’s a master poet! That guy is brilliant. Perhaps troubled, but I think a lot of genius artists are. I…

  • 2018-07-24 An Unorganized Mash of Spinning Priorities

    This could very well turn out to be the most disjointed, unclear, off in all directions post I have ever written. It’s a mirror to my thoughts and feelings and I’m not even sure where to start (other than that disclaimer). For 8 or 9 days during MFA residency, my whole world of parenting and…

  • 2018-07-21 MFA Day 7 and 8 – My Cup Runneth Over

    Day 7 was yesterday and day 8 is today. That’s me, trying to catch up with myself and not feel too much like I am still stuck thinking about what happened the day before. I know they build a lot of flexibility into the schedule for folks to go off and think and write, because…