Some Days, Life is Just Drawsome

Posted by dougwood on May 14, 2012 in Journal | 1 comment ShareI have been so free with sharing some of the struggles I go through from time to time, I thought it only fair that I should say that today, just now, right at this particular moment? Things are really going pretty well. No, there’s nothing new to report on the book front, or the artwork or anything. But the sun is shining and my garden is green, a couple of friendships that had hit a...
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No!

Posted by dougwood on Apr 3, 2012 in Journal | 11 comments ShareThank God there aren’t more people like me. “Can little Fredrick go over to your house for a play date tomorrow?” No. “We’re were thinking of coming out to California over the July 4th weekend and staying with you for a couple of weeks. Does that work out?” No. “We’re asking for donations for—” No. “…drive me to the airport?...
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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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A Birthday Built on Lies and Deception

Posted by dougwood on Dec 24, 2011 in Journal | 9 comments ShareHaving a birthday exactly one week before Christmas was tough for James growing up and so I try make his birthday a special event. No combined, double-size, ‘Christmobirthday’ presents here, my friends. (I know. That’s unlike me. Go figure.) So, last Sunday, December 18th,  thanks to that bunch of deceitful, underhanded, two-faced frauds that we call friends, I threw a...
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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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