So, first of all – hi, yes, this blog and I still exist. I know it’s been a year (and two days) since you’ve heard from me. 2022 was…interesting. I think we can all agree on that, yeah? It’s interesting to me rereading last year’s “hey, it’s almost NYE” blog post and seeing how muchContinue reading “Tradition is Peer Pressure from Dead People”
Author Archives: Colette
Words & Resolutions
One of the benefits that (hopefully) comes with age is less rigidity in your perspectives of the world. I know I have often been (obnoxiously) stubborn when it came to my own dogmatic decrees in the past. Now, whether it’s age, therapy, or surviving a global pandemic — or a combination of all three —Continue reading “Words & Resolutions”
A Very Cranberry Television List
“They’ve ruined cranberry day!” – Chandler Bing, Season 10, “The One With the Late Thanksgiving” Back in 2015, I wrote my “A Very Merry Television List” featuring ten of my favorite Christmas-themed TV episodes. Then, in 2019, I wrote my “A Very (Not So) Scary Television List” featuring ten of my favorite Halloween-themed TV episodes.Continue reading “A Very Cranberry Television List”
No, I’m not NaNo-ing.
If you’ve been here a while, you know I have a complicated relationship with “NaNoWriMo,” the shorthand for National Novel Writing Month. The premise of this event/challenge is simple enough: write 50K words in the month of November. When I “lost” in 2015, I actually did learn quite a bit about myself and my writingContinue reading “No, I’m not NaNo-ing.”
Flash Fiction: Tempest Tossed
Hello readers! I submitted this piece to a flash fiction competition, and while the judges gave me excellent feedback, alas this story was not a winning entry. Still, I love sharing my work with you all, so I hope you enjoy reading it here. For this contest, the publishing/review group gave each author two prompts.Continue reading “Flash Fiction: Tempest Tossed”
The Dawson Leery Movie List: Season 2
Honestly, I can’t believe it took me over three months to finish Season 2. If you’ve been here for a while, you know when I binge I show, I tend to do so quickly. But y’all, as much as my love for the Capeside Crew is an enduring love that has weathered greater storms thanContinue reading “The Dawson Leery Movie List: Season 2”
In Process
I’m often hesitant to blog about things before I’ve finished them. I’m notorious for setting up and starting challenges for myself (hello, Pandemic Disney Movie Marathon) and then getting tired/disinterested and walking away. I still haven’t watched or moved past The Jungle Book. I think I read one…maybe two?…books on the Rory Gilmore Reading List.Continue reading “In Process”
My 2021 Word, and Some New Years Thoughts
Since 2015, in lieu of the standard “goals and resolutions,” I have picked a word for my year. It serves as a touchpoint or a north star — a simple, comprehensive reminder of where I’m trying to go and what I’m trying to do in that year (and ideally beyond). My past Words of theContinue reading “My 2021 Word, and Some New Years Thoughts”
The Dawson Leery Movie List: Season 1
After all my years of loving Dawson’s Creek and admiring Dawson’s movie watching and referencing prowess, I’ve decided to make a list…
Write Vintage: A Picture is Worth…
A poem inspired by a photo (December 3, 2020)
Colette Marie Murphy 