Doug: More Artsy, Less Fartsy

Posted by dougwood on May 7, 2012 in Journal | 1 comment ShareI was digging through a pile of assorted papers yesterday and I came across my New Year’s resolutions. How humbling an experience is that? (One of my resolutions for this year is not to write down my resolutions so I don’t have this happen again.) Five months later, I look back and think, “How could I have been so naive?” 2012 Resolutions Write three short stories....
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Bad Blogger! Bad!

Posted by dougwood on Jan 23, 2012 in Journal | 2 comments ShareOne of my New Year’s resolutions was to blog more. And look how that’s turning out… I am certain many of you have been waiting with bated breath (or ‘baited’ breath perhaps) for the next HILARIOUS post and I have let you down. For this I am truly sorry. Okay, not so much. But the good news is that I have been a busy, busy bee, making capital-A Art, working on...
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Interpreting Doug’s Dreams for Fun and Prophet (get it?)

Posted by dougwood on Jan 1, 2012 in Journal | 3 comments ShareYou know how other people blabber on about their dreams and ruin it for people like me who have really fascinating ones? You know that, right? Well my first two dreams of 2012 were both so painfully stupid I can’t help but share them. Dream #1 In the first one, I am backstage in the wings at some kind of telethon and talking to none other than Mr. Michael Landon. The audience is...
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Fat Thursday

Posted by dougwood on Nov 29, 2011 in Journal | 2 comments ShareThe dust has settled on our Thanksgiving, but our stomachs? They have not settled. At least mine has not. How can I still be gaining weight from the food I ate last Thursday? How? Many of you know my husband James. He is one of the nicest guys on the planet. And yet I call him EVIL!! Why, you ask?  Perhaps a stroll down memory lane would be instructive. But before that, keep in mind each...
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The Great Turkey Blog War of 2011!

Posted by dougwood on Nov 21, 2011 in Journal | 5 comments ShareAs James said in his blog, he holds two holidays above all others, two holidays in which he can truly revel. High Holy days he calls them, not because of any religious inclination (Christmas? Meh. Easter? Whatever. Buddah’s birthday? Nothing.) But for two days a year, he worships his own dark God: Food. On Thanksgiving and Lunar New Year. On those most sacred of culinary days, there...
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