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The Write Words
One of my favorite quotations comes from T.S. Eliot:
"The poet is occupied with frontiers of consciousness beyond which words fail, though meanings still exist."
I wrote this statement on an index card I kept tacked to the wall above my desk for sixteen years. In that time, I also wrote some terrible poetry but that's a different story, entirely; one I'll likely never tell.
What strikes me most about Eliot's statement is his recognition that we have experiences, sentiment, insights we cannot verbalize – at least not easily – no matter how earnestly we may wish to share them.
The writer seeks to capture an erupting emotion but the subject, the verb, the objects do not cooperate. A precise adjective slips away. An adverb (rarely, please) proves elusive.
Still, I try.
I believe in vain that if I keep at it long enough, if I swap words or manipulate syntax one more time, I'll get it right. But at what point do I stop? When do I accept what I've written is the best it will be? I've yet to find the answer to this question no matter how often I turn to T.S. Eliot.
My students used to struggle with their essays. "I know this paragraph sucks," they'd admit with a shrug to which I would respond, "Then fix it."
They'd look at me as if I were speaking Latin.
"I can't fix it, Mrs. Gardner. It's already written."
Of course.
This was one-part laziness, two-parts not realizing their own power over words. I used to remind my students they were the ones in charge. Words do not control you. Words are not alive. They exist for your use. You control the words. So if they aren't right, keep working on them until they are.
I find this advice humorous now.
How do we know when our work is right?
When I read something I've written – a sentence or two paragraphs, an entire page – I often feel as if I'm playing with fresh clay. (I'll refrain from saying literally here because I know my words aren't actually clay; yet they feel pliable, something I can push or pull, shift at will.)
I revisit my work again and again, making changes large and small, over and over.
And over.
Sometimes what I read seems written by a stranger, appearing on my screen as if by magic.
I came up with that? Huh.
Just as often, I don't see what I've said at all, but instead see what I think I meant to say.
Eventually the time comes when I approach a piece I've been picking at for many hours (days, months, years) and the sentences have hardened. They feel like old clay that cannot be shaped anymore. Not without cracking the pot.
Is it funny? Poignant?
Did I accidentally use Latin?
It doesn't matter. For better or worse, the words are done and I have to let them go even if I suspect they aren't quite right.
So my friends – whether you are writing or parenting, spouse-ing or human be-ing –
I ask you this:
How do you know when your best is good enough and how do you move forward if it isn't?
Win Win
This past weekend, Bill and I went away for a belated celebration of our wedding anniversary and a pre-celebration of my upcoming birthday.
We drove three hours north to Paso Robles while our teenagers stayed home by themselves. For the first time. Ever.
When asked how they'd feel about being left alone, both kids were amenable without being overeager (a small comfort to parents who remember Risky Business all too well).
We then called upon no fewer than six different families (including our next-door neighbors) to be available for contingencies; and as the date approached, we asked Jack and Karly repeatedly if they were still on board.
Some may think this is overkill; others probably think we were insane to leave them at all. To these people, I offer this simple statement:
We know our kids.
For their part, Jack and Karly loved their temporary freedom, rising to the occasion with unexpected kindness toward each other and appreciation of us. When I thanked them for supporting our little vacation, Karly admitted this:
"Mom. It was a little vacation for us, too."
Indeed, it was.
They got to eat the junk they craved and rest when they were tired. Instead of me nagging them about homework and cleaning up, they simply did it – at some point – on their own.
Because we let them, they took care of their chores, our dogs. Each other.
Of course we were nervous and yes, we missed our kids. They might have missed us back.
But if not, that's okay, too. That's not what this is about.
It's about preparing them to be on their own as much as preparing ourselves to live without our babies sleeping under this roof each night.
It's the catching of breath each time Jack steps out of the house, his wallet and keys in hand. It's the details untold after a "Tell me everything!" when Karly returns from her first day of high school.
This tenuous balance of holding on and letting go leaves us grasping at please be carefuls and I love you, toos with crossed fingers and racing hearts.
I know there will be mistakes to forgive and successes to cheer. For them. For us.
But ready or not, they're building their own lives. It's our job to give them the tools to do it – brick by brick, breath by breath…
…and then hope our leaps of faith will earn a win-win for us all.
Speaking of winners:
Signed copies of Heidi Cave's beautiful memoir Fancy Feet go to…
…KLZ of Taming Insanity and Erin Margolin. (And do you know about The Gay Dad Project? If not, check it out!)
I can't think of two more deserving recipients.
As for the rest of you? Go buy Heidi's book immediately. In fact, go buy a bunch of them. They would make excellent gifts for the holidays.
Just be sure to keep one for yourself.
Win. Win.
Another first day of school has come and gone and although I'm a woman of words not numbers, I sit in our silent house and count. My son has only two more "first days" before he graduates from high school.
My daughter, three.
When I took a leave of absence from teaching, they were in elementary school. How is it that these babies have grown so much while I still feel so very much the same?
Five years ago I sat at the computer, my days somewhat flexible for the first time in my adult life, and set goals I hoped were attainable. Among them, these:
- Be the best mom ever!
- Be the best wife ever!
- Write the best book ever!
Okay, that last one was lofty. And yet I approached the road to becoming an author with confidence. I believed I could do it. I would do it. After all, I'd waited forty years for these stars to align. I was prepared for this next step. Our family was ready. Eager, even.
So I wrote. I write. I've written.
First a memoir. Then a YA novel. A Women's Fiction manuscript. Short stories and essays. Blog posts. Words for other sites. Still, the days are short and finding a publisher is long.
Especially when you're afraid.
Of what, you may ask? Well, pretty much everything. But I'll start with this:
That my manuscripts won't find an agent (this happened). That I'll find an agent but no publisher to buy my book (this also happened).
That I'll sell my book but people won't buy it. Or they'll buy it but give it bad reviews. Or they'll give it good reviews but I'll have a deadline for the next book I'll miss. Or I won't miss my deadline but my second book will flop and everyone will discover I'm a failure.
(These things did not happen but I frequently lie awake at night afraid of things that have not happened.)
So. I fold laundry and wash dishes. I pack lunches and supervise homework. I walk the dogs, restock pantries, mark calendars. I create lists and check clocks; seek things to accomplish, notice what needs shifting, focus on what remains to be done before before before.
I'm very busy achieving the easy stuff. As for the hard?
I wait. And wait and wait.
"Once my guestroom closet is organized, I'll begin…"
"After Thanksgiving, I can revise…"
"As soon as we've unpacked, I might finish…"
"Until the kids are back in school, I really shouldn't…"
In the meantime, years go by. Half a decade. A chunk of this lifetime during which I've convinced myself I'm suspended – held captive by other obligations. This "other" holds me back from accomplishing what remains. I can't take risks now because because
It's easier to view the world this way. Easier to believe it's not your fault you haven't quite hit your goal (although you've certainly made strides). Easier to accept you haven't realized your dream (although, indeed, it has at times been close enough to taste).
I want Jack and Karly to witness perseverance; to learn they can't cross the finish line if they place their ribbon in the after after after.
They need a mother who writes and revises and queries and brushes off rejection to begin the process all over again. And so I will.
Because I want them to believe they can accomplish anything if they don't give up.
I want them to believe, in this small way, that I am brave.
Now, for an example of true bravery, you must read Heidi Cave's extraordinary memoir, Fancy Feet.
Her story will move you, challenge you, make you believe nothing is impossible.
Hope resonates throughout Heidi's recounting of a horrific car crash that almost killed her; the breakdown and rebuilding of a broken body and spirit.
Heidi's journey also plays out in quieter moments: A stoic father saying the words, "I love you." A hospital orderly helping her wash her face each evening. A future husband bringing her a cup of lemonade.
In each chapter of this book, Heidi's raw, truthful words depict strength in the midst of unimaginable pain. The sharing of her grief, her determination, her healing is simply breathtaking.
There was so much to live for, she writes in her parting line. So much, indeed.
Please leave a comment sharing what you wish you were brave enough to do and one of you will be selected to receive a signed copy of Heidi Cave's Fancy Feet.
The rest of you should buy a copy here. Then go be BRAVE.
Yes, you. And you.
But I don't even own any lipstick…
True story.
So when asked to take a picture to promote this book
I had to borrow lip gloss from my daughter Karly.
(Although I'd like to think she doesn't wear this color on her own mouth very often.)
Still, I was determined to work something out for an author bio picture because ohmigosh someone (and by "someone" I mean the amazing Leslie Marinelli) let me be in this book.
I decided I probably needed some nail polish (also borrowed from Karly) and then I dragged a blue bandanna out of Bill's sock drawer. He wears them to keep the sweat off his brow while running so you can imagine how much I loved tying this onto my own head.
But it was worth it because y'all? I'm a published author.
What's the book about, you ask? I'm so glad you did. Here's a blurb from the back cover because I'm still reeling from the bandanna and can't find the right words to say it myself:
"You Have Lipstick on Your Teeth" is a hilarious collection of true tales by women, for women, about being women—bodily changes, relationships, careers, motherhood, aging, illness, and more—written with the humor and grit that proudly sets In The Powder Room apart.
But be forewarned: we're holding nothing back. We're revealing our funniest deep dark secrets—because it's through our most vulnerable and honest moments that we forge the strongest connections and discover we aren't so alone after all.
I still can't believe Leslie picked me, but she can't back out now because TOO LATE!
For a list of all the fabulous authors in this anthology, visit at In The Powder Room.
And to order the book (because you KNOW you want to) visit my author page at Amazon.
That's right. I have a freakin' author page. Who knew I could make one of those?
Well, apparently my mother always believed in me.
And probably Bill, although he does NOT know I borrowed his bandanna for this picture yet. Do you think he'll forgive me?
I do.
Because he looks so much better in it than his wife. With or without the lipstick.
True story.
Now please. At the risk of sounding needy, go buy this book here so I can start saving up for my own lipstick and nail polish. (I think my bandanna days are officially over, though.)
I really do love you all.
And a huge thank you to the co-authors. Because of you I get to put this picture…
And in case that isn't awesome enough, there's this:
(That's our book on Amazon right next to David Sedaris. DAVID SEDARIS!)
Yeah. I have no more words.
(Okay. If you know me that's not true.)
My grandmother turns 90 tomorrow.
As in ninety years.
As in almost exactly twice my age – which will be 45 in eight weeks unless I discover the fountain of youth between now and October 5th.
(Any hints about its locale will be kept between you, me and Ponce de Leon. Pinkie swear.)
My grandma Renis (which – thankfully – rhymes with "tennis") was 45 when I was born.
It's strange for me to consider that when she was my age, Renis Ann Anderson was a grandmother already. Even stranger still to think of her being – like me – a wife and mother. A sister, daughter, friend.
Because grandmas are oatmeal cookies and Shalimar perfume; a sweater over shoulders not yet chilly and bobby pins to keep the hair out of your eyes. They are soft skin and warm embraces; gentle compliments for even sub-par achievements. Enthusiastic claps for performances they've already witnessed countless times.
My grandmother is a competitive player of games, a fierce lover of her dog, a devoted wife of 71 years.
She reads my blog posts and the comments (for better or worse); she thinks the oil paintings I created when I was ten are beautiful, that the words I've written in this lifetime are genius.
She sees only the best sides of me – by design.
Upon reflection, I think my grandmother is one of the few people on Earth who has been able to love me unconditionally – as I expect I will love my own grandchildren and great-grandchildren, should I be lucky enough to have them.
Someday. Not soon. In fact, I hope much later.
And yet.
I wonder now if they will look at me then and see who I really am:
A flawed person, whose attempts sometimes end in failure; a girl who has been at times selfish, mean or deceptive; a woman who's striven to be better in the face of her faltering, who still dares to dream and reach and hope and carry on.
I suppose they won't.
In fact, we are probably meant to know some people only by their bright and shiny surfaces; their goodness and light. They are our examples, our role models; the ones we seek always to please and to make proud.
I've spent more than four decades being a daughter, grandchild, sister, friend. In the past two, I added wife and mother to the mix. Eventually I hope to be a grandma, as well. And spending time with my own grandmother inspires me to make this next half of my life better than the first.
To be better in every way – or at least the ways over which I have control.
I've known Renis Ann Anderson my entire life but I've witnessed only a sliver of her whole self; her lows and highs, joys and sorrows; her losses, wins and ties. I've loved the bright and shiny surface that she's shown her granddaughters and great grandchildren.
But I also know there's more to her. And I accept that part, too. Just like she accepts me despite my imperfections.
I hope someday to be worthy of this unconditional love; which means the next forty-five years are going to be busy for us both.
So thank you, Grandma. For all that you are. For all that you've done.
And of course for all the oatmeal cookies.
With much (much much much) love,
Julie Maria
When You Lose Something You Can't Replace
Are you sick of hearing about our house fire yet?
Don't worry. I am, too. But bear with me through a final post on the subject.
It's one I have avoided because I hate to cry when I type. But in the end, this isn't about me. Not directly.
It's about an assignment I did with my senior English classes for more than a decade.
On the last day of school, I had my students write letters to themselves which they stamped, addressed and turned in to me. I stored the letters for five years. Then I mailed them back.
My hope was that at the age of 22 or 23, they would read their own words and remember:
What their goals had been. Their interests and concerns. What made them the most happy. What they wished might differ in their lives later on.
Occasionally one of them would ask What if we move?
Good question.
I had them add alternate addresses in the return-label spot. They'd write email contacts below the seal. I even searched for a few students on Facebook when their envelopes came back to me.
But I wasn't willing to sacrifice the assignment because it had flaws. I knew some kids would never receive their letters, but I decided that the benefits outweighed the costs.
Then our garage caught fire in January and we lost everything inside. A lot of junk, I'll admit. But also family pictures and old yearbooks. Boxes from my childhood. Writing journals. Diaries. My wedding dress.
Treasures that remain irreplaceable.
The loss that hurts most, however, is the final box of letters from the Calabasas High School Class of 2008.
This was their year to receive their letters. And I'm so very sorry that they're gone.
I'm well aware that some students wrote nonsense simply to complete the assignment. Others probably forgot their efforts the moment they handed in their envelopes.
But many took pains to be meaningful. They included poetry and artwork. Phone numbers, prom pictures. A few even contacted me with new addresses, anticipating the day I'd send their letters.
And now they are gone.
Believe me, if I could save only one thing destroyed that day, it would be this box of letters. But since I cannot, I'm writing them this five-year-letter of my own in which I'll share a few lessons I've learned as I move forward in this life.
So here goes.
Dear students,
It's Mrs. Gardner. Your 12th grade English teacher. You know. The blond lady who was crazy about Hamlet. And all of you. The one who tried to memorize everyone's name on the first day of school.
Yeah. That one.
I'm going to start with the usual old-person advice for the future.
Examine your life. Change what needs changing and fix what is broken. Important detail: Don't wait for someone else to do this for you or it will never happen.
Smile and cry and laugh a lot. Both by yourself and then again with others.
Say I'm sorry if you do wrong and when people apologize to you, try to be gracious.
Read a lot, of course.
And get regular check-ups. Eat good food. Keep active but also rest when you are tired. In short, carry your body through this world as if it were precious cargo. Because it is.
You are important to me (still and always) so I ask you first to be safe with your health.
But then I also want you to promise you won't be safe with your heart.
Take risks and welcome extraordinary opportunities; don't settle for adequate surfaces. Dig deep until you find what moves the ground beneath you. Love spectacularly, in your loudest voice, ignoring whispered fears that your sentiment won't be returned.
You are loved already and more than you may realize.
I guarantee that, at the moment of your birth, you began collecting hopeless admirers. So admire them right back; then invite newcomers to join your pack.
Surround yourself with people and things and experiences that are irreplaceable to you, despite the knowledge that such surrender carries with it the potential for great loss.
When you lose something you can't replace, it means you have connected outside yourself – to someone, some moment, some dream – at a level that cannot be recreated.
But this also means your joys on every other day have been that much brighter and more meaningful for having risked such pain in the first place.
Above all, seek out and spread your light continuously.
Because if that's not the purpose of life, I don't know what is.
With great pride and respect,
That crazy Hamlet lady.
(But you can call me Julie, now. Please.)
A Tale of Two Sirens
I like dark comedy. A lot.
So I tried to write something funny about the house fire we had in January.
Gave it the old college try, as they say. Whoever they are.
And the truth is that we have laughed. More than once.
- About the call we received that day from the firewood guy saying he couldn't deliver our shipment. "I don't know if you realize this, but your entire street is blocked by fire trucks." (We were expecting a half-cord of wood when the flames broke out. Hilarious, right?)
-About the bill for the first of several payments on the BRAND NEW BRAKES we'd bought:
(Stop me if you've heard this one before. It's classic!)
Surely a sharper writer could slay a post on the humor that ensues when a family of four (plus two dogs and a guinea pig) are unexpectedly displaced from their home for days, weeks, months. Half a year.
I guess I'm still too tired. Or not tired enough.
But there is a story from that day that haunts me, Scrooge-style. One I feel compelled to share today. I call it A Tale of Two Sirens. Naturally.
Because who doesn't love Charles Dickens? Besides, of course my 15-year-old son. Nevertheless.
It was best of times, it was the worst of timing.
The afternoon of the fire, Bill had gone for a run, uncharacteristically taking his phone along. (In case the wood guy calls!) When the smoke and flames erupted in our garage, he was on the trails unaware of the drama unfolding at home.
Until our daughter Karly called his cell.
He couldn't understand her hysterical words. Something about a fire. About our house. Bill began to sprint home hoping he'd misunderstood. Surely we were fine and he'd return to discover I had the situation under control.
Unfortunately, I didn't. Have the situation under control, I mean.
By the time Karly made her call, I'd surrendered to the inevitable. Our home was burning and I was the adult in charge. The one orchestrating the rescue of our dogs. The one allowing flames and smoke to spread while I struggled to keep everyone safe.
I didn't want to be in charge, though.
Although the minutes seemed to crawl in my head and heart, the fire department responded quickly and it wasn't long before I caught the first faint sounds of sirens coming toward us. Like music to my ears. Our salvation.
At the same time, Bill also heard the sirens. For him, the sound confirmed his deepest fears. His family was – quite possibly – in danger and he was a mile away on foot.
I fought tears of relief; he tried not to vomit in terror. The rest of the story doesn't matter. Not today.
What strikes me is the truth about two people interpreting the same information oppositely. Bill and I are both intelligent and caring. Well-intentioned. Conscientious. And yet.
While I heard the sirens as a blessing, they signaled to him a horror beyond his control.
At the time, no one could've convinced us we were wrong; and now I find myself considering other issues we, as a society, debate. Staunch in our convictions, we listen to the same speech but hear it differently. We read the same words, yet the conclusions we draw diverge.
On the economy. Religion. With sex, love and marriage. On public education. Gun control. The environment. And health care. What constitutes good parenting.
Wouldn't it be helpful if – rather than condemning each other – we assumed most human beings have strong opinions for a reason? That where reason fails, emotion takes its place?
Instead, we dash off wicked remarks, hide behind anonymous comments, spread misinformation with our sweeping generalizations. We do not offer the benefit of the doubt; we highlight maliciousness and ignorance. Instead of requesting clarification, we claim the other side must be selfish or insane.
Perhaps some of us are, in fact, crazy. Ignorant. Even malevolent.
But a difference of opinion doesn't make this so.
We can be passionate about ideals, driven to effect change, angry when the issue moves us; but when we engage in vitriol and debasement, we lose the message in the noise.
We risk amassing an army that's fighting an entirely different battle than we intended.
Society may never reach consensus on controversial subjects; but as individuals, we can resist the urge to blame and criticize. To claim our opponents don't care about their families. Their country. Our world. We can treat each other with respect, not rudeness.
Less violence, more compassion.
That's how we give our voices strength, how we lend meaning to the tenets we embrace.
And therefore, going forward – in both my words and deeds – I promise this:
If you can listen to my opinions without cruel words, judgment or prejudice, I will do the same for you.
Even when I'm sure that I am right.
How To Not Write a Novel
6:00 AM: At buzz of alarm, leap from bed confident that TODAY you'll work on your novel. (Your NOVEL!)
6:05 Guzzle coffee while checking email for news regarding previous novel. No news. Decide not to worry because the novel you're writing TODAY is the bestseller. Definitely.
6:07 Check Facebook and twitter. Click on several links but do not read yet. You have IMPORTANT THINGS to accomplish.
6:20 Construct list of many many things to accomplish choosing from standard chores – laundry, dishes, groceries, bills, bank, dry cleaners, dog-walking, poop-scooping, room-straightening. Consider adding coffee-drinking. Decide that's silly.
6:30 Awaken older child. Prepare his breakfast. And lunch. Consider adding breakfast and lunch-making to chore list but remember you're not silly. Discover permission slip that needs completing. Skip emergency contact numbers because you will be at home writing ALL DAY. Add permission-slip-completion to list. Cross out because hellyeah.
7:00 Awaken younger child. Make her breakfast which she doesn't eat. Eat her breakfast.
7:25 Take older child to school.
7:50 Check Facebook, twitter. Check email. Still no news. Click more links. Don't read yet.
8:15 Take younger child to school.
8:30 Brush teeth. Floss. Consider adding dental hygiene to list. (Silly.)
8:38 Decide you'll begin writing your novel at 9:00. Check email, Facebook, twitter. Twice. Read open posts. Do NOT comment (because you don't want to hurt anyone's feelings but you can't read ALL THE BLOGS since you will be busy writing your novel!). Begin drafting new blog post on hurt feelings in the blog world. Call it blogosphere. Switch to blogisphere. Realize it's 9:38.
9:39 Decide to begin writing at 10:00. Start laundry load, fill dishwasher, make grocery list. Cross laundry and dishes off chore list. Try to remember if you've brushed your teeth. Screen phone calls from friends and family who want to know how your writing is going.
10:00 Open manuscript file. Re-read recent pages. Edit. Remember to change laundry from washer to dryer. Check email, Facebook, twitter. Three times. Close internet to avoid UNNECESSARY TEMPTATION. Return to manuscript and re-read today's edits. Notice dogs look thirsty. Check their water. They have water. Tell them, "We'll walk later because I'm WRITING MY NOVEL NOW."
10:45 Write new paragraph of novel!
11:15 Begin thinking about lunch. Consider asking internet if it's too early for lunch. Remember internet is closed down. Re-read fresh edits and new paragraph. Read blog draft about hurt feelings in the blogisphere. Decide it should be blogosphere.
11:45 Eat leftover chicken parmesan while standing in kitchen. Check clothes in dryer. Realize you never pressed start. Press start. Put new load in washer. Start washer. Log onto Facebook and twitter to announce you forgot to start dryer. Check email. No news. Still. Yet.
12:30 Text writer-friends. Make plans to meet/Skype/talk about writing.
12:45 Decide you're too busy to shower today.
12:46 Decide you're too busy to grocery shop today.
12:47 Realize you have less than two hours to write your novel before after-school pickup.
12:48 So. Check if DVR is set to record Top Chef finale. It isn't. Visit Bravo channel to schedule Top Chef. Notice Vanderpump Rules is on. Feel disdain for horrible programming. Watch rest of Vanderpump Rules.
1:30 Check email, Facebook, twitter. 27 people have "liked" your status re: dryer failure. Bask in popularity via self-deprication. Google spelling of deprecation.
1:40 Realize you're still wearing pajamas. Don yoga pants, sweatshirt and running shoes to impersonate someone who has exercised. Or walked her dogs. Do neither.
1:50 Check chore list. Congratulate self on laundry and dishes. Add "Text Cheryl, Robin, Suni and Charlene re: WRITING" to list. Cross out because hellyeah.
2:00 Realize after-school pickup starts in 30 minutes. Re-read edits and new paragraph. Edit. Write second new paragraph! Calculate when bestselling novel will be completed at current pace.
2:20 Decide math is hard.
2:25 Be grateful you're a novelist.
2:30. Depart for school pick-up confident you'll finish entire chapter of bestselling novel TOMORROW. As soon as you've
walked your dogs.
Because hellyeah.
Disclaimer: To those reading – especially my parents, my husband and total strangers – – this post is a joke. Like most writers, I'm a workaholic who never wastes a minute of her day. But as Facebook can attest, I am also a master of self-deprication.
So we had a fire
You might have heard.
In fact you may be one of the many, many (many) people who has reached out to us in kindness because we've been well-supported and loved beyond all expectation.
Or maybe you don't know me. Or my family. Perhaps this is the first you're hearing about our ordinary afternoon that took a turn toward the surreal; about an old power strip sparking in the garage, the flames spreading too quickly for me to stop them.
I did try.
But within minutes our garage and all its contents were gone, my car in the driveway destroyed; by sunset we were told we'll be out of our home for at least six months while salvage experts repair the damage done inside.
Someday I will share the details here. The sound and smell of our panic. The sight of ashes and smoke. I will put to words the fear, that moment of surrender when I stopped saying This can't be happening.
Because it was happening. It happened. On Saturday, January 12th, at three o' clock.
But today is not the day to rehash these details. What matters now is that we're safe. Together. So instead of mourning the letters and pictures, the irreplaceable items we've lost, I'll share the goodness that's ensued.
There has been so much goodness. And I want you all to know.
- About the people – at least a dozen – who saw smoke and called 911 then jumped from their cars or emerged from their homes to help.
- About a stranger who tried to corral my terrified dogs before they could run back into our smoky house for the third time; the couple two doors up who then kept our dogs in their backyard away from harm.
- About the older gentleman who discovered my daughter sobbing two blocks away and walked her safely back to me when I'd been unable to find her.
- About the firefighters from Stations 34 and 37 who arrived in twelve trucks to save our home and attend to our health and welfare; respectful and calm, their faces spoke a truth: This is what we do, what we've always done.
- About a neighborhood that flocked to us with coffee and water, blankets and jackets, offers of a place to stay and home-cooked meals.
- About dear friends who dropped everything to care for Jack and Karly or loan us a car; friends who found a permanent home for our displaced guinea pig and friends who took in our beloved dogs until we could find a rental property to accommodate us all.
- About an English teacher who collected donations from her high school students who willingly opened their wallets, handing over lunch money to help a freshman boy they'd never met.
- About our karate studio that filled baskets with comfort items and snacks, kitchen supplies and pictures of my children, their new uniforms and black belts already ordered to replace those that were lost.
- About the flood of love, the messages of concern, the sweet phone calls that lifted us up when we were too foggy to see clearly.
We're still too foggy to see clearly.
But what I feel is a triumph of the human spirit in our time of need.
I've witnessed firsthand the power of generosity over selfishness; of good over its counterpart. I believe that we waste our perilously short stay here on earth – our finite resources of strength and courage – when we spend time fearing others.
Call me naive, but I think the vast majority of us wants nothing more than to be needed. Wanted. Embraced.
And I know the smallest bit of light still conquers darkness.
It does.
It did.
This is the piano bench that belonged to my grandparents.
I found my old sheet music inside. "La Cathedrale Engloutie" means The Sunken Cathedral. It's been three decades since I played this song. But I can hear it now. Inside my heart.
You wait six weeks for a new post…
…and all you get is this lousy poem.
(In which I showcase our true natures.)
'Twas two weeks before Christmas in 2012,
Once more into poetry's breach I shall delve.
Sure, laundry needs folding and cupboards are bare;
But dude! I've got people who still claim to care
About what we Gardners have shoved up our sleeve.
So here you go, readers. It's time to believe:
The kids rooms aren't messy, their homework's all done,
Their desks overflow now with trophies they've won.
Stanford and Harvard keep calling our home;
(Too bad I'm not here or I'd answer the phone.)
Both dogs have stopped digging and puking and such;
They won Best in Show because we have the touch!
The guinea pig's Gifted; he cleans his own cage,
Our house smells like rosemary, parsley and sage!
Yes, all of my manuscripts finally have sold
And Bill has retired since our family struck gold!
(Or maybe it's silver. I just can't recall.
Achievements get blurry in bulk, after all.)
And yet I can still pull my tongue from my cheek
To say such perfection is not what we seek.
No, we push for happiness; savor our time,
Togetherness, warmth, off-beat rhythm and rhyme.
Before our walls echo with empty kids' rooms,
We're letting things slide while the family still blooms.
With teenagers, driving tests, high school and more,
We're holding on tightly and locking the door.
(Not really. It's thrilling to watch the kids grow.
It's just that we wish that the pacing would slow.)
So speaking of wishes, this list is for you;
And though I was joking before, these are true:
Hope your steel is stainless, your dentistry painless,
And that your co-workers aren't terribly brainless.
May your rugs be well-braided, your stains (mostly) faded,
Your heart bright and friendly toward others, not jaded.
Hope you've got corn for popping and whipped-creamy topping,
Plus carts that aren't squeaky when you're grocery shopping.
May your gifts all be nifty, your giving not thrifty,
Your greys come in shades that are better than fifty.
Let's try to give more and to judge a lot less;
To look at the artwork and not at the mess.
(I told you I had laundry to do.)
When asked for a sacrifice, let's grin and bear it.
Good fortune's made better when we can all share it.
Be humble and grateful; keep fighting, be strong;
Hear notes in the music, the words in the song.
And while we are moving our Elves on their Shelves,
Let's also remember to laugh at ourselves.
Remember that sunrises chase each sunset,
And here's one more thing we should never forget:
Our world that seems giant is really quite small;
Let peace start with "me" and then spread to us all.
If we were together I'd hug you and kiss you.
But since we are not, I'll just sigh hard and miss you.
At least we share space on this big rolling sphere.
I thank you.
I love you.
Each day.
Every year.
Don't blink, my friends. Just don't.
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Definition of fructose in English:
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A sugar of the hexose class found especially in honey and fruit.
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- Invertase, for example, aids photosynthesis in vine leaves, by converting sucrose to the invert sugars fructose and glucose.
- When sucrose is hydrolyzed the mixture of glucose and fructose is called invert sugar.
- Glucose, sucrose and fructose are the major soluble sugars found in strawberry fruit.
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Anoka High School (1974), Winona State (1978), O. W. Coburn School of Law (1979-86), Marshall-Wythe School of Law (1988)
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01245 Area Code
Chelmsford phone numbers
UK area code 01245 covers Chelmsford in Essex, and the surrounding area.
Locations using 01245 numbers include:
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Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner spoke to Brookings Institution this morning about the set of options he presented to Congress about transitioning the U.S. mortgage market away from dependence on the government.
Specifically, he spoke about winding down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
"We need to wind down Fannie and Freddy and substantially reduce the government's footprint in the housing market," Geithner said.
Geithner said it's important that Congress overhauls the mortgage market gradually because the government is now the dominant source of housing finance. "(We need to) make sure doing this doesn't impede the recovery of the housing market," he said.
Going forward all parties involved in the mortgage market must understand a new set of rules, Geithner said.
There must be clarity on what capital banks have to hold against mortgage risk, stronger stands so that homeowners are required to hold more equity in their homes, better protection for consumers, better incentives for securitization and clarification on risk retention.
The set of reforms, Geithner said," "have to be put out to the market to give investors and banks time to adjust to understand what will be the new economics of making mortgages in this country."
He said the Federal Housing Administration role should be limited; it should be supplemented with an emergency backstop that would only be deployed in crisis and available for a broader class of homeowner.
Geithner called on all the stakeholders in the housing market to study the proposals he's put forth.
"Those all have very different implications for the nature of the government's support for the vulnerability of the market in future housing crisis, future recessions," he said. "We think it's helpful for the broad set of stakeholders in the country and on the Hill to spend some time trying to fully understand the implications, the relative merits, the disadvantages of those mix of options."
Once Congress gets through its hearings on the Treasury Department's proposals, Geithner said, the administration will share thoughts on which "mix of views" make the most sense.
Many Republicans on Capitol Hill have called for an even quicker unraveling of the mortgage giants. They wanted a proposal to unwind Fannie and Freddie in the Wall Street reform bill that passed Congress last year. Geithner cautioned that the process should be slow and deliberate.
"We need to proceed carefully and gradually, not just because this is very complicated but – as you know we're still living with the traumatic damage scars caused by this recession, you see those still in housing most powerful. "
Asked if the government played to big a part in making mortgage loans more available in the years before the recession, Geithner said the government did indeed do too much.
"I think it's absolutely the case that the U.S. government provided too much support for housing, too strong incentives for investment in housing. We just took that too far."
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It's you! HP's Whitman picks restructure leaders
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Whitman told staff in an email: "We committed to a thoughtful and transparent separation management process that would minimize disruption to customers, partners and employees. To deliver on this commitment, I am once again asking some of our best leaders to step up to help HP succeed."(Read Full Article)
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The 3D printing market is poised for unprecedented growth, according to Gartner, which claims device shipments will more than double every year between now and 2018.
Global shipments of 3D printers will reach 217,350 in 2015, the analyst claimed, double the figure expected for this year.(Read Full Article)
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Vendors need to get with the times, Channel conference hears
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Vendors, please work better together and while you're at it you could modernize your service delivery, if that's not too much to ask.
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"Vendors need to move away from the idea of being completely exclusive, to start working with each other,"
The marriage is off: sources say HP-EMC merger will not go ahead
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The potential mega-merger between HP and EMC is off, according to people close to the firms, after the pair failed to agree on price.
The sources told Reuters that the months of fruitless negotiations have now ended but that execs were still trying to cobble together a deal as recently as last week.(Read Full Article)
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The velvet divorce? Options and disruptions to come from HP split
Explore Channelnomics (Oct 8 2014) Blogs
News that Hewlett-Packard is breaking into two companies continues to reverberate through the channel. While the ultimate impact on HP partners and customers remains unclear, the new entities will have plenty of options for plying their futures(Read Full Article)
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Tight squeeze: vendor margins to suffer from datacenter disruption
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Partners should take note of datacenter market disruption sooner rather than later
Resellers and other providers of datacenter IT should prepare for another squeeze on vendor margins in the next three years.
According to Gartner VP Joe Skorupa, the datacenter infrastructure market is being disrupted from several directions, and one result is likely to be even tighter vendor margins - meaning less for the channel partner further down the supply chain.(Read Full Article)
Xerox Unlocks Revenue Potential for VARs
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Under its Keys to New Business Program, the vendor rolls out an impressive array of products, services, and tools.(Read Full Article)
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Cisco acquires Metacloud in Intercloud Push
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Cisco has announced plans to acquire Metacloud, the Pasadena-based cloud operator.
Metacloud uses an OpenStack-as-a-Service model to deliver and remotely operate production-ready private clouds in a customer's data centre.
Cisco said in an announcement that its acquisition will accelerate its strategy of building the world's largest global Intercloud – the term it has given to the federation it is currently setting up of public clou(Read Full Article)
Staples Sells Managed Services Unit
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Staples found continuously hitting the "Easy" button wasn't the solution to its managed services business and opted to sell its Thrive Networks subsidiary to MetTel. Could it be that retailers make bad IT companies?(Read Full Article)
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GFI Reorgs into Two Divisions, One for MSPs
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Under new structure, GFI Software will operate two business – LogicNow for its managed services products and GFI developing private cloud products. The move is designed to enable the company to focus on product and business development, as well as growth.(Read Full Article)
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Tech Data Gives Xerox Agents a Leg Up With Services
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The distributor will now provide additional support to Xerox-authorized agents for A3 multifunction printers and smaller A4 products.(Read Full Article)
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Continuum Helps 81 Veterans Find IT Jobs
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Funding provided by Continuum Veterans Foundation, the charitable arm of managed service enabler Continuum, helped 81 military veterans returning from service find jobs in the IT industry in the first half of 2014.(Read Full Article)
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HP Flies in George Brasher as U.K. Pc and Printer Boss
Explore Channelnomics (Jun 19 2014) Europe
Hewlett-Packard Co. has confirmed 24-year company veteran George Brasher as the new U.K. and Ireland boss of its printers and personal systems (PPS) division.
The U.S. native will replace Paul Hunter, who is travelling across the Atlantic in the opposite direction to become CEO Meg Whitman's chief of staff. Brasher (pictured) currently holds a San Diego-based post as general manager(Read Full Article)
ConnectWise Aims to Exploit Autotask Sale
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ConnectWise is looking to capitalize on the acquisition of rival professional services automation vendor Autotask by inviting users to defect and avoid instability and potential pitfalls that come from working with a vendor under private equity ownership.(Read Full Article)
HP to Bring OfficeJet Pro X Tech to Large Format
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Tech Data Canada Goes 3D With MakerBot Deal
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Tech Data Canada has entered the 3D printing market, as the distributor has signed a North America-wide distribution deal with Brooklyn, NY-based MakerBot, a producer of desktop 3D printers.(Read Full Article)
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After Long Simmer Rumors, Autotask is Acquired
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Autotask, a leading professional services automation software vendor, was acquired by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners, for an undisclosed price, making it the latest shakeup in the managed services segment.(Read Full Article)
Tech Data Joins 3D Printer Revolution
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Tech Data Corp. has responded to the 'rapid adoption' occurring in the 3D printer market by inking an alliance with MakerBot.(Read Full Article)
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A new effort from specialty technology distributor ScanSource is aiming to make 3D technology more of a real money-maker for its partners.(Read Full Article)
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Kaseya Launches Channel for Software Products
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Kaseya, best known for its managed services enablement tools, launched a channel program that for the first time will enable solution providers to resell its IT automation tools to end users. The initiative removes one of the complaints about Kaseya that it competes with its MSPs.(Read Full Article)
Xerox, LabTech Partner to Tackle Managed Print
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Managed print isn't the sexiest service in the market, but it's among the most profitable and growing in the services segment. To make it easier for managed service providers to adopt and deliver the managed print services , Xerox is teaming up with ...(Read Full Article)
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Egnyte Adds Channel Leader, Plumps Partner Program
Explore Channelnomics (Apr 29 2014) Resellers
Egnyte is hoping to juice partner interest in its sync-and-share platform with a refreshed channel program and a new channel leader to spearhead the effort.(Read Full Article)
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Acquired by the San Diego Padres with catcher Yasmani Grandal and pitchers Edinson Volquez and Brad Boxberger from the Cincinnati Reds for pitcher Mat Latos on Dec. 17, 2011. ... Was ranked the No. 39 overall prospect heading into the 2012 season by MLB.com. ... Selected by the Reds in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Miami. ... Played for the World Team in the 2010 All-Star Futures Game in Anaheim. ... Made his Major League debut on Sept. 1, 2010 against Milwaukee. ... Was teammates with fellow Padres farmhands Grandal, Blake Tekotte and Jason Hagerty on the Miami team that was the No. 1 seed at the 2008 College World Series. ... Was born in Cuba and moved to the United States with his father, mother and sister when he was 10 years old. ... His father, Luis, was a player and coach for Industriales in Cuba.


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Insulin tragedy of diabetic Cumbrian girl, 17
Published at 11:30, Tuesday, 06 March 2012
A talented young Cumbrian singer died just days before she was due to audition for The X-Factor.
Seventeen-year-old Bethany Durose, who had lived with type one diabetes since the age of eight, died after she accidentally overdosed on the insulin she was taking to control her condition.
Her devastated parents, Michael and Patricia, told an inquest yesterday that their daughter, known to friends and family as Beth, had been due to attend an audition for The X-Factor in Manchester on March 26 last year.
She had been allocated a timeslot for the reality show, they said, and planned to perform Eva Cassidy's Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
But tragedy struck the previous weekend when Beth was found unconscious at her home in Holmrook by her boyfriend, Daniel Whittle, and a group of concerned family members.
She was taken to the West Cumberland Hospital with extremely low blood sugar levels which had caused significant brain damage and died two days later, on March 21, when it was decided that her life-support machine should be turned off.
Coroner David Roberts ruled that Beth's death was an accident, after hearing evidence that she had struggled with her diabetes throughout her teenage years.
Mr and Mrs Durose revealed that their daughter "hated" the fact that she had the condition and was occasionally not as disciplined as she needed to be when it came to medicating herself.
Mrs Durose said: "She was fine when she was first diagnosed, but when she went to senior school things started to change.
"She just didn't want to be different and was often in denial."
Mrs Durose added that her daughter often neglected to take blood tests and injections during the day, preferring instead to administer a larger dose of insulin at the end of the day. However, Mr and Mrs Durose said they noticed an improvement in Beth's outlook in the months before she died and she was set to begin a new medication regime that she felt would suit her better.
Mr Durose said: "She had started to realise that she needed to take control as she knew she would start to suffer complications if she didn't.
"She had really matured in the last few months."
Mr and Mrs Durose had gone on holiday to Malta – their first holiday without Beth – and took the first plane home when they learned Beth had gone into hospital.
"She was fine when we left her and we would not have gone if she hadn't been," said Mrs Durose. "We spoke on the phone just before we got on to the plane and exchanged messages while we were there.
"She said she was fine and told us to enjoy ourselves."
The coroner heard that on the night of the accidental overdose, Beth had argued with Mr Whittle, her boyfriend of two years, after a night out in the Lion & Lamb pub in Gosforth and had seemingly ended their relationship.
There was also evidence to suggest that during the day, Beth had been the victim of some verbal abuse, including one unpleasant message on Facebook.
However, Mr Roberts "completely" ruled out the possibility that Beth had intended to harm herself.
He concluded: "It is clear that she was very anti the diabetes and reached total denial at points.
"However, she was coming to terms with it.
"She had decided to give herself a dose of insulin that she thought appropriate to counteract what she had done during the day, but this would be frowned upon by doctors and nurses.
"This proved to be an excessive dose that caused her entirely accidental death."
Mr Durose paid tribute to Beth saying: "From the messages we have received, it is obvious that Beth affected a lot of people during her short life, and that a significant light has now been lost to the world."
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There's a persistent slander making the rounds in our country, to the effect that Republicans are somehow more patriotic than Democrats. Last week, U.S. News ran a story about a new Harvard University study that found July 4th parades energize only Republicans, turn kids into Republicans, and help to boost the GOP turnout of adults on Election Day. The clear message was that fireworks and Old Glory are to Democrats as garlic and crucifixes are to vampires.
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To quote Col. Potter, from the old M*A*S*H television series: "Horsehockey!"
Later on this month, this writer will celebrate being a registered Democrat for 50 years. That's right, a half-century of being a member of the party of Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, and, er, Bill Clinton. And—speaking on behalf of generations of loyal Democrats—no snot-nosed Republican dast challenge our patriotism!
Have more Republicans fought and died for freedom than Democrats? Are Democrats embarrassed to fly the country's flag on holidays? O.K., maybe President Obama occasionally forgets to place his hand over his heart when the National Anthem is being played; but that hardly justifies painting the whole of the Democratic Party with the same brush.
Our Louisville Metro Council—and the Board of Aldermen that preceded it—has long been dominated by Democrats. And yet, before each meeting, they arise to a man (and woman) and recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Patriotism is not the exclusive virtue of just one political party.
And where were the Jefferson County Democratic Party leaders at 9:00 a.m. on this last 4th of July? They were standing on the steps of Louisville Metro Hall, taking turns reciting the sacred words of our Declaration of Independence, and laying a wreath on the World War II Memorial, at 5th and Jefferson. Republicans abed at that hour should hold their manhoods cheap, that they were not there!
Democratic leader Tony Lindauer, reciting the Declaration of Independence on the steps of Metro Hall, July 4th, 2011.
One of our Democratic friends, who flies Old Glory every day on the front of his Butchertown home, and who blogs at ohioriver606.blogspot.com, could well have been speaking on behalf of the rest of the Party faithful, when he posted this on Monday:
The lights and sounds of fireworks are the closest most of us will ever be to real war and conflict. When the thunder ceases, the flames burn out, and the party is over, send up a prayer for the women and men in American uniforms we've sent into harm's way who will hear it all again tomorrow and the next day and the next.
Happy 235th Birthday, America!
Jefferson County Democratic Party leaders Jim Stammerman, Steve Bittenbender, Jeff Noble, and Chairman Bill Ryan, at the reading of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 2001.
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