Brain Swamp

New Traditions, Same Old Kelly

January 1, 2010

There have been a few folks that I know and love who are both practicing their writing and stretching themselves to think while using this template of answering questions about ushering in the new year and shoving that old year to the back of the closet because, dang, 2009! Some people just really did not [...]

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2009: It’s Been A Whole Year, Has It?

December 31, 2009

The best part about writing a blog is that it’s a time capsule for your life. A narcissistic time capsule, yes, but something that marks your growth and change nonetheless. Actually, I still think that Jay has the best tagline for a blog because it sums it up so very well: “Blogging is just masturbating [...]

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Just One of Many

December 23, 2009

SUPER RE-TARDO Growing up, we weren’t allowed to say the word “retard” or even “shut up”. Repressive Catholic parenting did that to me but we also never talked about sex and we all know where that lead. In any case, the other day I was at the store and these two brothers were fighting and [...]

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All Over The Map

December 11, 2009

If I were a dog I would be running in a circle, chewing my own tail, and then looking around the room for a chew toy. This is just the way today is going. Scoring a tranquilizer or going on a kennel run should be high on my priority list. What does that make me? [...]

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You Do This WITH Me

November 30, 2009

Over the last few months my blog has been “discovered” by the locals. And boy, are they restless. By that I mean that they mention reading my blog when I see them. Some are old friends, acquaintances, co-workers, and parents of my students. Ever since our local newspaper mentioned my writing there are some new [...]

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10 Questions with Mocha Momma

November 25, 2009

1. How do you define happiness? (from Beth) Happiness is ever changing, so the definition I’m giving now is different than if you asked me that question a year ago or five years ago and I’ll probably give another definition a year from now. The 2009 November edition answer is thus: happiness is when you [...]

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Trippy. Like A Wonka Experience.

November 18, 2009

Many years ago when I was still teaching in the classroom I found my people. My people came to me. I didn’t have to go looking for them because tra-la-laaaa I am just that ridiculously lazy. For some reason, a bunch of young teachers and I all seemed to click together one year. We were [...]

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This Is How It Starts, People

November 2, 2009

You know how you get that itch, that desire to have a dog? And it’s always the same thing. It starts with seeing a puppy somewhere and telling yourself that no one in the whole wide world will ever love that puppy as much as you will love that puppy. This never happens in those [...]

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Ten Good Things That Happened This Week

October 24, 2009

This is a challenge for me because the winds of change are blowing. Hard. It is entirely possible that I called this week a “blow hard” because of it, so I am going to present some good things that have come from it.  1. My children got to see me at a vulnerable moment that [...]

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Garden Variety Good Stuff

September 11, 2009

What in the world have I been doing that keeps me from tending to my poor, neglected blog? Hunting for sharks with a paper clip and a piece of string a la MacGuyver, of course! You know me better than that. This isn’t a confession post. In fact, I’m thinking of this as more of [...]

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