Hells Bells
- Location
- Heart of the Heart of the Country
- Birthday
- February 01
- Bio
- Book editor, parent, MFA in poetry from a land far, far, away--and a long, long time ago . . .
I'm not a psychologist, but I play one on TV.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Mom Always Liked You Best
September 19, 2011 04:53PM - First Blog, Fernsy OC
August 08, 2011 01:58PM - Dreaming of Tornadoes?
April 21, 2011 01:46PM - Not Dead Yet
March 07, 2011 04:06PM - Paint, or Fatal Flaws
January 25, 2011 02:05PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “The best thing about
that movie was that HE
CHASED
HER.”
February 15, 2012 02:19PM - “I like the light and
dark here quite a bit.”
February 09, 2012 02:07PM - “Hi, Ann! Thanks for this
post. I've got one of those
soft
splits. Also a c-pap
ma…”
February 09, 2012 02:03PM - “My own mother took care
of herself, with some
inadequate and
constantly
shifting…”
October 12, 2011 03:16PM - “I like how your early
event dovetails into current
event(s).
And I remember the
P…”
October 12, 2011 03:10PM
Hells Bells's Links
- About teaching and learning
- Why Haiku Suck and What You Should Do About It
- But Isn't It All Just Subjective Anyway?
- Oh, come on, it wouldn't kill you to read a poem
- Short Fiction
- The Passage (Sestina)
- My Mother Walks Ahead of Me
- Self-Portrait with Fox, Crow, and Fish
- Just What We Always Wanted
- The Passion of Snow
- On Adak Island
- The Accidental Poetry of Alzheimers
- The Vireo (Villanelle)
- Paint
- My Hat
- Loving the Unpoetical Midwest
- Space Within (Bridge Poem)
- The River Goes
- Filmstrip
- Memoir, or something like it
- The Amazing Plaid Bomber Jacket
- Goodbye, Bipolar Brother
- The Happiest Day of My Life
- Murder for Hire: Working for the Hit Man Publisher
- Civilly Disobedient and Proud of It on the Fourth of July
- How I Became a Poet
- Harry Harlow's Monkey Studies and Me
- Scratch the Surface, Open a Vein
- Lamborghini Murcielago vs. Honda Civic
- Charles Manson Murderers Are After Us
- The infamous bipolar child series
- Living with a Bipolar Child
- Why I Wrote the Bipolar Child Story
- The End of the Bipolar Child Story
February 15, 2012 02:19PM
“The best thing about that movie was that HE CHASED HER.”
About: How John Cusack Ruined Valentine's Day for Me
“The best thing about that movie was that HE CHASED HER.”
About: How John Cusack Ruined Valentine's Day for Me
February 09, 2012 02:07PM
“I like the light and dark here quite a bit.”
About: Sophia and the Polka-Dotted Mistifyer
“I like the light and dark here quite a bit.”
About: Sophia and the Polka-Dotted Mistifyer
February 09, 2012 02:03PM
“Hi, Ann! Thanks for this post. I've got one of those soft splits. Also a c-pap machine. It makes buying nice nightwear kind of irrelevant.”
About: Avoid Stress
“Hi, Ann! Thanks for this post. I've got one of those soft splits. Also a c-pap machine. It makes buying nice nightwear kind of irrelevant.”
About: Avoid Stress
October 12, 2011 03:16PM
“My own mother took care of herself, with some inadequate and constantly shifting in-home help that she arranged for on her own, until the day she up an…”
About: Sandwich Meat
“My own mother took care of herself, with some inadequate and constantly shifting in-home help that she arranged for on her own, until the day she up an…”
About: Sandwich Meat
October 12, 2011 03:10PM
“I like how your early event dovetails into current event(s). And I remember the Psychology Department picnics when I was a kid. At one of these, my bes…”
About: Company Picnics
“I like how your early event dovetails into current event(s). And I remember the Psychology Department picnics when I was a kid. At one of these, my bes…”
About: Company Picnics
October 12, 2011 02:39PM
“Thank you for reminding me. I also loved "The 13 Clocks," by James Thurber.”
About: "The Phantom Tollbooth" at 50
“Thank you for reminding me. I also loved "The 13 Clocks," by James Thurber.”
About: "The Phantom Tollbooth" at 50
October 05, 2011 05:04PM
“This is a lot more interesting--and more real--because the great writer snubbed you.”
About: A Lesson in Botanicals
“This is a lot more interesting--and more real--because the great writer snubbed you.”
About: A Lesson in Botanicals
October 05, 2011 04:23PM
“Yes. I'm having a sense of deja vu about all this, too. May Day 1971 in Washington, DC.”
About: People's Park
“Yes. I'm having a sense of deja vu about all this, too. May Day 1971 in Washington, DC.”
About: People's Park
September 28, 2011 03:54PM
“Ach! So sad to be treated the way your aunt was. I find her willingness to climb into the trunk of a car the most moving detail here. Into the dark con…”
About: The Girl with the Cut-Out Face
“Ach! So sad to be treated the way your aunt was. I find her willingness to climb into the trunk of a car the most moving detail here. Into the dark con…”
About: The Girl with the Cut-Out Face
September 21, 2011 02:24PM
“Terrific--well told. Those old codgers were awfully tight-lipped about their service, weren't they? I did what Mike did about my own dad's WWII experie…”
About: Dad almost took his war memories to the grave. Almost.
“Terrific--well told. Those old codgers were awfully tight-lipped about their service, weren't they? I did what Mike did about my own dad's WWII experie…”
About: Dad almost took his war memories to the grave. Almost.
September 21, 2011 09:58AM
“I knew you were the Unabomber type.”
About: FRESHMAN ORIENTATION: Tink's 1st year as a college student
“I knew you were the Unabomber type.”
About: FRESHMAN ORIENTATION: Tink's 1st year as a college student
September 20, 2011 07:40PM
“Our wooly bears are all brown here. I've seen a few on the country roads . . .”
About: Whooly Bear Warnings
“Our wooly bears are all brown here. I've seen a few on the country roads . . .”
About: Whooly Bear Warnings
September 20, 2011 07:09PM
“We must be the same age, or thereabouts. All of it, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE.”
About: Budding Beauty Wanted for Stealing Kisses:
“We must be the same age, or thereabouts. All of it, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE.”
About: Budding Beauty Wanted for Stealing Kisses:
September 20, 2011 06:55PM
“Some of you have mentioned the time frame here. I also think, often, of how hard it was for my father to leave that first family, and how hard it was f…”
About: Mom Always Liked You Best
“Some of you have mentioned the time frame here. I also think, often, of how hard it was for my father to leave that first family, and how hard it was f…”
About: Mom Always Liked You Best
September 20, 2011 05:48PM
“Was the EST people who were supposed to levitate something? I can't remember. Can't remember much about that period of time, really . . .”
About: The EST people
“Was the EST people who were supposed to levitate something? I can't remember. Can't remember much about that period of time, really . . .”
About: The EST people
September 20, 2011 05:35PM
“Thanks for your comments, all. I miss the joint!”
About: Mom Always Liked You Best
“Thanks for your comments, all. I miss the joint!”
About: Mom Always Liked You Best
September 20, 2011 11:59AM
“Haven't been here much, but this open call caught my attention. Something I've been wanting to write for a while. . . Hope all is well with you!”
About: Mom Always Liked You Best
“Haven't been here much, but this open call caught my attention. Something I've been wanting to write for a while. . . Hope all is well with you!”
About: Mom Always Liked You Best
August 18, 2011 03:43PM
“I'm so sorry about your friend, my friend. Actively taking yourself out of the big picture just has to have a profound imact on that picture, don't you…”
About: MUSINGS ON GOD, SUICIDE, AND LIFE
“I'm so sorry about your friend, my friend. Actively taking yourself out of the big picture just has to have a profound imact on that picture, don't you…”
About: MUSINGS ON GOD, SUICIDE, AND LIFE
August 18, 2011 02:07PM
“I'm convinced health insurance companies have special departments designed to make it impossible to discern the benefits they'll provide and their cost…”
About: Health Care Manifest0
“I'm convinced health insurance companies have special departments designed to make it impossible to discern the benefits they'll provide and their cost…”
About: Health Care Manifest0
August 18, 2011 01:59PM
“I'm 'bout ready to chew off my own leg to get out of the job I'm trapped in.”
About: Fleeing a Gilded Cage and Flying Away!
“I'm 'bout ready to chew off my own leg to get out of the job I'm trapped in.”
About: Fleeing a Gilded Cage and Flying Away!
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