They hold onto a rope, led by teachers, and shuffle onto the playground. They have done this every afternoon for the past six months, yet it is always something new. Every car passing on the street is a revelation. Every ball that can be rolled along the ground is a challenge… Read full post »

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Let's call this "Grrrltalk," shall we? 

ASD (Addicted to Self Denial) -- refers to a woman who's always on a diet
 
Bitch-o-Rama -- a group of women gossiping about other women

Bustin the Girls -- taking off one's… Read full post »

I hadn't been on a bicycle in years; bikes I owned in the city were forever getting stolen. But the little mountain town I'd just moved to was crisscrossed with enticingly broad, quiet country roads just made for leisurely bike rides, and since I normally walked to work, a bike would c… Read full post »

If you knew that every word you wrote; 

every posting;

every letter;

every journal entry from the age of seven;

every clumsy high school sonnet and song lyric;

every love poem to every love you ever thought you had, and some that you didn't;

every novel finished or unfinished, w… Read full post »