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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Father's Day, Graduation and other bitter sweet parties

It's Sunday, and I can't stop thinking about my own Dad. I believe our lives are porous, the filter between where he is in heaven and how he is part of my own changing life seems to allow a flow of fluid like cells that fire messages that in the moment I am troubled to comprehend. It is ten years... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Granny Magic

SHORT STORY in progress Granny Magic By Caroline Gerardo Copyright © 2010 by Caroline Gerardo All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form,... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

How much can they sell a pirate video of Glee For?

My boyfriend’s youngest's birthday desire was to see Glee at the Gibson Ampitheater. I had never seen the show. I walk a line of having children of my own and I peacefully maintain a level of “no comment”. Before this weekend I made time to see one show to understand the cult of belonging gleek. I... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 10, 2010

Being Green = Saving Greenbacks

Revolutionary Green Ideas for Office and Home aren't that difficult or costly. I’m thinking about oil/ OPEC/Crude spilling in the Gulf and the best answer to being greener today is to cut our consumption by forty percent. I don’t just mean gasoline; I am talking about cutting our electric, gas,... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Freon Repairs Tylenol and Nyquil night

It's a few after five and daughter is doing homework twenty feet away. I have a sore throat and need to go to the grocery store and rustle up dinner. The Refrigerator decided to make the freezer pump on overtime and the milk side is failing to maintain any cool. Therefore, last night at 11:30 PM... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Oh Baby

Behind the Orange Curtain, it's my next novel. Full of what we hold close to our chest, our children, their education, their future. It has the national interest; whereby every sand state in the Union is broke. There is scratching for every dollar. The plot starts with one bad School Board... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Capistrano Teachers Saddle Up

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway. ~John Wayne Capistrano School Teachers wear your boots today! 100 Better Budget Repairs for Schools It’s about money. Give me pragmatic solutions not pedagogic policy. Please take a minute to explain a problem or duplication and suggest a... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, April 16, 2010

family is everything

Home Brother in law (the fireman) had another heart attack With sista’s boys and mine pretending flash light tag is fine - Your Mom did this. Please call your Mom and say you love her, or if she's gone I ask you to pray Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Cardinal Sins Series

Cardinal Sin: Vanity By Caroline Gerardo Smashworks Edition©Copyright Copyright © November 2009 Caroline Gerardo Part one of series of Short stories "Cardinal Sins" This is the first few pages I hope to post in parts Audio is available as a podcast to listen in your car or perhaps as you wait in... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Graduation Letter

Working on letter to daughter for her High School Graduation Yearbook. Welcome your input Dear Blair: I want to tell you how proud we are of you. We love you very much. It has been a hard road. I have been tough on you sometimes and spoiled you in other ways. No matter what, Mom loves Blair. You... Sign in to see full entry.

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