1.   What is your favorite word?

Bliss

2.   What is your least favorite word?

Comical

3.   What turns you on?

Hot music (see below)

4.   What turns you off?

Phonies

5.   What sound or noise do you love?

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My name is Candace and I love clothes.  If there were Clothesaholics Anonymous meetings, I’d be a regular.  I'd be handing out cups of coffee and talking people down when they call from Nordstrom's, about to fall off the wagon.

Is this obsession with what I’m wearing a… Read full post »

            The night before my daughter's last birthday, she sent this email to me and her closest women friends:

            I recently read the book, The Middle Place, by Kelly Corrigan. /… Read full post »

                  He refused medical treatment, knowing that the cancer growing at the back of his tongue, in his throat, would kill him. 

         &… Read full post »

           My left foot strikes the firm, wet sand, leaves a lighter print for half a second, almost white, the opposite of a bruise, lifts, then the right; a rhythm is established. 

   The san/… Read full post »

You’re the anchor on my Zodiac

The granite beneath my sand

I'm the tip of your tongue

 You're the warmth of my/… Read full post »

 FICTION FRIDAY FINDS

The prolific Ronnie Ray Jenkins posted three (not counting non-fiction) pieces this week: The Porch Swing, Soup Kitchen Baby, and Dog Killing Made Easy (Death on the Ice).

Scarlett Sumac's excellent piece/… Read full post »

                  The woman in the photo is Michelle Renn, a model.  She’s a size 12.  I look like her.

                &nbs… Read full post »

Lookit that face.  Lookit those wrinkles.  No work done there.  Fist clenched in the air for Martha, even if she is wearing a nonPC fur.  I bet her neck is warmer than mine. 

After totally gratuitous opening, here's the meat of this post. 

I'm su… Read full post »

     My little brother thinks I’m crazy.  He swears that no one on earth has ever done or will ever do some of the things that I’ve pulled off, things that have had him rolling on the floor laughing or staring at me in amazement, mouth wide open,… Read full post »

I drove to Kansas after Grandma’s funeral to get them
No one wanted those fancy glass dishes but me; must be
They hadn’t seen them on the table, winking like diamonds
At every place, plates and glasses and bowls, and platters
You could/… Read full post »

I'm not a huge fan of sweet potatoes.  I like them but don't love them.  White (or yellow) potatoes, on the other hand -- well, my thighs don't like them, but my mouth sure does.  I do, however, like the color of sweet potatoes, especially when all that brown… Read full post »

  A little fun for you on this ho-hum Thursday morning.  Bear with me through the setup.

I was in LA yesterday.  My friend has recently moved to a loft downtown.  On the way to dinner, she wanted me to see The Standard, a tres chic hotel nearby, so we… Read full post »

I recently read the book, The Middle Place, by Kelly Corrigan.  It's a memoir, and it's roughly about the time in your life when you are both somebody's… Read full post »

1. Who was your FIRST prom date?

Ken, HS star baseball player, senior.  I was a sophomore.  He was really cute but had the IQ of an Irish setter.  

2.  Who was your FIRST love and do you still talk to him/her?

Mark of the red couch makeout sessions.  Off/on,… Read full post »

My first post.  Could I have spent ANY more time deciding on the topic??

I hated those teachers who assigned papers to be written without naming the subject.  No, no -- please -- just tell me what to write it on.  Emerald mines in Colombia, the Spanish Inquisition, my favorite pet?… Read full post »