04.18.08

Writing Exercises

Posted in Education, Literary Pursuits, Personal at 9:25 am by admin

This morning during a writing class we practiced what happened when you write with your non-dominate hand. The topic was, Childhood Home, and here’s what I came up with.

There are so many memories associated with living in the Mohave Dessert.

Cool tile floor under bare feet in the morning

Sunburnt afternoons in the sand pits of constructed forts

Hours spent swinging from tree branches in the sultry weather of an early spring day

The waning summer captured in an evening of piano tinkling, my long hair trailing over the keys, candlelight flickering in the distance. The vision of my parents waltzing gently in the background as the stars began to poke their heads out of the giant velvet blanket of the sky.

04.07.08

And we’re back…

Posted in Personal at 5:27 pm by admin

Sorry to all of you who have searched for me in the past week or two and haven’t been able to find my site. Apparently due to some server issues and other technical (and thus geeky) problems mandrinduck.com went undercover for awhile. But we’re back and hopefully to stay….