Moving on and settling down…all at once
Lost…Lost…Lost…I’ve Lost My MarblesPosted by beth on November 17, 2011
Y’all, seriously. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. I put things down, and they disappear. I can’t find my mailbox key, I keep forgetting to buy more almond milk, I have no idea what I was going to write about here just now, and I feel fairly certain I was supposed to do something. [...]
The Help: A Book Review by Beth ParentPosted by beth on January 6, 2011
I told myself several times yesterday that I would NOT stay up until all hours of the night finishing The Help. I’m trying to get back on a normal sleeping/waking schedule, see, because morning registration is tomorrow, and classes start back on Monday. But then last night, I took the book to bed with me [...]
Bust a MovePosted by beth on December 16, 2010
I’ve decided to forgo professionalism today. If I have to work on a snow day, I’m going to do it in the comfort of my jabambas by the fire. Plus, who wants to go outside today? Not this girl. And if I’m not going out, why shower? I’m just sayin’ is all. So yesterday I [...]
About “About You”Posted by beth on October 12, 2010
I’ve just finished reading a book called About You by Dick Staub, and although the subject matter is exactly the kind of thing I love to talk about, the whole thing left me wanting more and feeling like I could have done a better job of writing it. No offense, Mr. Staub. I just didn’t [...]
Busy Is Good (Mostly)Posted by beth on September 22, 2010
Whew, y’all. This week has just been non-stop so far. On Monday, I taught until 1:00, and then I went immediately over to the main ESL site to prepare for and lead a training that afternoon. All of Wake Tech’s ESL sites have blogs, see, and each site has a blogger who publishes two posts [...]
I Made Something Up!Posted by beth on September 10, 2010
I’ve always thought writing fiction was hard, and the advice I got about it never helped. It was always one of two things: Just make stuff up. It’s all about characters. Just make up characters. Both easier said than done, unfortunately, although they sound simple enough. I could never figure out why it was so [...]
Hey Thursday, I like you.Posted by beth on August 12, 2010
It’s been a good day so far. I woke up after dreaming that I was at an art camp. I think I dreamed this because I read this last night before I went to bed. Anyhoe, I was at this art camp, and I needed supplies, and then I stumbled across a supply room that [...]
“I am,” I said.Posted by beth on July 23, 2010
I live in a musical, if only in my own mind. There’s always a song playing in my head, always a lyric to fit the occasion, and if I had my way, we’d all burst into spontaneous, choreographed dance in the streets daily. The weather (natural lighting) would also fit our moods, and our outfits [...]
Jesus Is Totally RadicalPosted by beth on July 21, 2010
This is not necessarily a story I want to write with my life, but seeing as I do not have that post finished yet, and this just came up the other day, I figured I’d tell y’all about it. I was talking to Emily Furr Hogan about that summer (I think it was ’98) when [...]
The Story of My LifePosted by beth on July 19, 2010
It’s a good thing I’m not a people-pleaser, because I feel like I am constantly letting someone down with all my coming and going. I leave Raleigh, and people are sad. I go back to Raleigh, and people in Asheville threaten to lock me in a closet because they don’t want to lose me. I [...]
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