It must run in the family
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009Miss Ellie has started a blog. Turns out, she’s a pretty snazzy writer, too.
And she’s featuring regular give-aways of jewelry, too. Check out this one:
Archive for the 'Whatever El' Category
Would it be inappropriate to laugh neutrally, in plain English?
Sunday, October 5th, 2008A baby boom in our circle of friends has Mare asking questions. I follow the advice I received many years ago to answer what I am asked — only, specifically, exactly what I am asked — using plain English and as neutral a voice as I can manage.
Her current obsession is the distinction between […]
The geese, the chips, and the woman in amber and yellow
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008When I pushed open the door to the small church rec. hall my first thought was that I had not been this nervous in a long time. And then I wondered just how nervous El must have been, all the times she walked into this room – before she was serious about it and […]
One year
Saturday, August 16th, 2008“Congratulations,” I said to Ellie, on the first anniversary of her sobriety. “I think you’re awesome.”
“Thanks. It’s really a strange thing to celebrate. But I’m milking it. ‘Hey, I can stand upright and I’m aware of what’s going on, give me presents!‘”
“I feel morally obligated to blog that.”
“I totally understand.”
It made a difference to the starfish’s friends, too.
Monday, June 2nd, 2008The Parable of the Starfish
One morning an elderly man was walking on a nearly-deserted beach. He came upon a boy surrounded by thousands and thousands of starfish. As eagerly as he could, the youngster was picking them up and throwing them back into the ocean.
Puzzled, the man looked at the boy and asked, “What […]
