Category Archives: Writing

Grrr

Posted on 08/30/2012 by chick

You know what I really hate? I really hate when I look on my computer and find files for unfinished stories, songs, letters, and puzzles. Lots of them. Why don’t I ever finish these things?

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The Chicken or the Egg?

Posted on 06/04/2012 by chick

Until a few days ago it had been rather quiet here at Blue-Footed Musings. After years of blogging, I can authoritatively state that an absence of posts indicates one of two things: either I’m extraordinarily busy or I’m in a … Continue reading →

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And the Winner Is . . .

Posted on 05/23/2012 by chick

Not me. Alas, I did not win NPR’s Three-Minute Fiction contest. But having read all of the featured stories and the winning one, I can say honestly that my story was nowhere near good enough to win. Many of the … Continue reading →

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A Sunday Story, For Real

Posted on 03/27/2012 by chick

Sunday was my day off. Well, sort of a day off. I did laundry, washed dishes, cleaned the bathroom, paid bills, and watched the kids at times, so it’s not like I got to sleep the day away. But I … Continue reading →

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Labor of Love

Posted on 01/02/2012 by chick

My husband likes 60 Minutes, and sometimes I watch it with him. I wouldn’t necessarily consider the broadcasts memorable, but I remember Andy Rooney once saying something like this: “The good [columns] take an hour [to write]. The bad ones … Continue reading →

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Mommies Would Write

Posted on 11/21/2011 by chick

Sometimes I don’t know which is worse—being forced out of bed to take care of a screaming Livia at 4:00 a.m. and then having several hours of time for reading and writing, or being allowed to sleep until 7:00 a.m. … Continue reading →

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Hard Choices

Posted on 10/24/2011 by chick

I have to face it. I just don’t have time to do everything I would like to do. So unless I want to miss out on the things that really matter to me, I have to give up some of … Continue reading →

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A Thought

Posted on 06/27/2011 by chick

I would never say that true stories aren’t good, but I think the made-up ones are usually better.

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The Adventure of Peeps: Next, Next Part

Posted on 05/09/2010 by chick

Going through my drafts, I found this next installment of the Peeps story. I can’t believe how long I let it sit there. Wow. I offer ten times as many apologies as usual, especially to Peeps, who would like her … Continue reading →

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The Adventure of Peeps: Next Part

Posted on 02/14/2010 by chick

Of course, an animal can’t be naked in the same way as people, since they typically don’t wear clothes (excepting the toads, which are considered peculiar by the other animals). What Peeps meant was that Old King Fisher didn’t have … Continue reading →

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