Moxie Mouth

October 15, 2012

The coarseness of your voice is like a lullaby soothing my memories with laughter    Moxie mouthed and clever  Inviting polished to shine   Delivering the blast of your laughter without pause falling upon me like tousled treasures   Then, a quiet prize Poetry’s partner embracing the depth with your beautiful grasp    To you, […]

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Vintage Roll Call……Pammy

October 14, 2012

Pammy is a tattle tale, plain and simple.  At night she pulls out the notebook from under her bed to tally up who did what.  So far, her classmate Nancy Iverson has the most notations.  Missing homework, mismatched socks and passing notes are just a few of Nancy’s offenses. The new camera which Pammy received […]

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Open letter to Mama Mia, the musical

October 9, 2012

  The question: Mama mia, here I go again.  My my, how can I resist you? My answer: I can’t.  I’ve seen the Broadway show three times and the movie twice.     Dear Mama Mia, I recently attended a performance with my mother, on our girl’s night out.  We had fantastic seats and the […]

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78 Second Story…..Let’s all do the Dougie

October 4, 2012

Dear 5th Grade Students, Lucky us!  You, for getting Mrs. N. as your teacher this year and me, for being invited back for a 3rd year to speak to her class about being a writer.   Our mission together was to write a 30 Second Story which would be featured on my blog Jotter Girl.  […]

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L-U-V Madonna, Y-O-U You wanna…..see what’s in my purse?

October 3, 2012

Last week I saw the MDNA Tour in DC.  It was a blast and reinforced my enduring fascination with Madonna.  I openly admit to liking her and always have.  Except that one time, when she did a show in a Long Island, NY club just before she became famous.  It was 1983 when I saw […]

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