Archive for the ‘community’ Category

And all shall be well

August 30th, 2010 by Kat French 7

Everything is going to be alright. Really. I am always secretly a little paranoid about my notebooks. I am that person. The one who dumps her unfiltered thoughts and opinions into notebooks and journals. Really, it’s better that way. If I didn’t purge some of the excess mental cogitation somewhere, it might end up bursting [...]

Great Moments in Being a Parent.

July 2nd, 2010 by Kat French 0

It’s summertime, and clearly my two guys have way too much time on their hands. Submitted for your amusement. The following exchange was transcribed from my husband’s and son’s cell phones text messages. Chris was at work, Josh was at home, when apropos of nothing, he sent this: Bust it. Within a minute, he received [...]

Human entanglements and the accounting system of the damned.

June 2nd, 2010 by Kat French 0

I spent most of my life hovering around the edges of community. Like most Fours, I rejected others because I believed they either had rejected me first, or were bound to do so eventually. The upside to considering yourself an outcast is that it creates the feeling that no one really has any claim on [...]

Friday Randomness! Bunnies! Voices! Writing! Belonging!

April 30th, 2010 by Kat French 6

Every now and then, my feed reader yields a copious crop of deliciously interesting and fun content. This was one of those weeks. And I feel like sharing. My love for The Princess Bride is legend. As is my love for the 30 Second Bunnies. This week, those two loves were joined in mawwiage.  Behold: [...]

Blessed are the boring.

April 27th, 2010 by Kat French 1

People say my hometown is boring. I say it’s not nearly boring enough–too many sirens, meth labs and scared kids for a town of ~600 people. If you ask me, boring is beautiful. Or it can be.