Posts Tagged: m.j. pullen

Only a Writer or Therapist Would Find the Junk Drawer Significant

posted on 02/04/2013

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Luckily for me, I’m both (or at least have been both in the recent past). I was cleaning out our junk drawer the other day – because we’re getting ready to move, not because I was desperately looking for procrastination excuses – and near the end of my task I glanced down to find it […]

Anyone Else Suffering from Social Media Exhaustion?

posted on 01/22/2013

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I was cruising my social media universe the other day – it seems all I’ve been able to manage in 2013 is a little cruising – when I came across something that sort of disturbed me. I won’t link to it (a) because I can’t find it and (b) I don’t want to come across […]

Darkness and Light: The Suicide Blog

posted on 01/16/2013

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My mother, who died in 2001, would have been 65 years old this past Sunday. I say died because that’s what happened to her. She didn’t ‘pass away’ as people are so fond of saying, as when an elderly person drifts off to peaceful sleep and simply doesn’t awaken. Most people in my life know […]

What to Get your Favorite Writer for the Holidays

posted on 12/11/2012

If you have a writer in your life — and really, who doesn’t? — you may be wondering what to get for him or her this holiday season. Naturally, I have some helpful suggestions, sure to bring a smile to the wordsmith in your life. An autographed copy of his favorite book by his favorite […]

November Lessons

posted on 12/03/2012

November was a wild month at M.J.’s playhouse, and I’m still playing catch-up, so this month’s lessons will be short and sweet: 1. When you’re faced with doing unpleasant ‘business’ involving close friends or family, sometimes the less said, the better. Stick to the facts and give everyone space to process emotionality elsewhere (maybe not […]

NaNoWriMo – How’d You Do?

posted on 12/03/2012

It’s the first Monday of December, and all over the world, the participants of NaNoWriMo are either (a) celebrating their huge accomplishments, (b) explaining at length why they fell short of their goals, or (c) trying to pretend that they never really set out to do this crazy 50,000 word project anyway. It’s like the […]

Cyber Monday and Storytelling

posted on 11/26/2012

Last week I wrote about gratitude in honor of the warmth of Thanksgiving. Now, with turkey eaten and football watched, we’re several days into the traditional season of consumerism. Many of us stayed up late Thursday or set the alarm for ungodly hours (not I this year, I’m happy to say), only to wait in […]

NaNoWriMo – Sometimes It’s About How You DON’T Work

posted on 11/20/2012

By the time we were halfway through November, I had already figured out I wasn’t going to make my NaNoWriMo goal. I’d paved my road to hell with plans of staying up late, getting up early, and dedicating a few kids-in-preschool days to churning out 3 to 5,000 words apiece to fill in the gaps. […]

Writer’s Challenge No. 7

posted on 11/16/2012

It’s the Writer’s Challenge – Gratitude Edition! Feel free to respond on your own blog or site and link with a few words in the comments section below. Happy writing! Writing Prompt: In November, it’s customary to count your blessings (and as often as not, to post about gratitude on your blog, Facebook page and/or […]

Do Me a Favor: If You See Me at the Playground, Treat Me Like a Man

posted on 11/14/2012

Last night the hubs and I cashed in a date night and went to the MJCCA book festival ‘parenting edition’ with Dan Zevin and two of the four Sh*tty Moms. It was a fun evening, commiserating about the challenges of parenting young children in funny and irreverent ways. With two children in a Jewish preschool, […]