Scorch Atlas by Blake Butler
Blake Butler’s Scorch Atlas is, at first glance, a collection of linked stories. Whatever expectations that …
Year: 2009
First Day of Preschool
…and Mom forgot to take any pictures. He’s wearing a gray long-sleeve t-shirt and dark blue …
One of the secrets I’ve been keeping
Yep. I’m 9.5 weeks pregnant. Due 4/7/10. I know, I know…seems kind of early to be …
Improving the view
Yesterday at naptime, I was sitting at my desk, being terribly unproductive and feeling shitty about …
The tail end of an unproductive summer
Okay, well not really. Not in the grand scheme of things. But as far as the …
Happy Birthday to Me!
I’m thirty-six today. Thirty-five was oddly traumatic. Thirty-six feels pretty good. The kiddo’s in playgroup and …
Self-portrait in random scraps
1. I’m 25 pages away from the end of my friend Lon’s novel manuscript. This is …
Feeling kinda quiet these days…
Not on Twitter much. Not on Facebook much. Not much feeling like blogging. I took the …
I’m still here
Thanks for all the concerned emails and comments this weekend about the blog getting eaten, but …