“There are three things in life that are fun to watch: a rippling stream, a fire in the fireplace and a Zamboni going around and around.”

— Charlie Brown

“This is my living faith, an active faith, a faith of verbs: to question, explore, experiment, experience, walk, run, dance, play, eat, love, learn, dare, taste, touch, smell, listen, argue, speak, write, read, draw, provoke, emote, scream, sin, repent, cry, kneel, pray, bow, rise, stand, look, laugh, cajole, create, confront, confound, walk back, walk forward, circle, hide, and seek. To seek: to embrace the questions, be wary of answers.”

— Terry Tempest Williams, naturalist and author (1955- )

Hockey God started a Friday Fiction blog. Because we’re not blogging enough around here. Post if you have anything, or maybe join us next week?

My first effort:

Grocery Lists I’ve Found in Various Shopping Carts
by Wacky Mommy

List 1:
Bread
Milk
Water
Cereal-Golden grams
p-nut butter
+
jelly (more…)

I’ve been nominated for a blog award over at Share the Love (One Woman’s World)!!!!! Yeah and allelujah! And the house said… (Amen.)

In what category, Wacky Mommy, pray tell? Best kisser! Can you believe it?

I jest. 8. Woman Power! — Best Representative of Women! Yes, that’s right. I am just, you know, so feeling the love and happy since receiving this nomination. I’d like to thank all the little people whose hair I yanked to get here. And my DOG! I love my DOG! And the kids. My husband, for never giving up on me, even when I wouldn’t let him sleep at night. Because I was bored and needed someone to talk to. And also I didn’t like my pillow, so could he please give me his? Thank you, baby. To all my readers and fans — I LOVE YOU. Here’s a latte and a cooky.

So please vote for me! While you’re over there, I would like to put in a word for two of my favorite writers and mamas, Planet Nomad and Terrible Mother. Also, I think one or both of them nominated me so I kinda owe them. Please vote for them, too. Only I just noticed they’re running against each other for “Best Writing” so I don’t really know how to advise you there. Although I did notice that Planet Nomad has been nominated in, like, four categories. Show-off. So vote accordingly.

Also, I just found out via Terrible Mother that Molly Ivins passed away. Goddammit. A Texan who would have made a rockin’ president, gone. Rest in peace, girl.