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Weekends Are For

in Uncategorized on 23/05/13

I always think I’m going to get a ton of work done on the weekends and I never do. I think about doing work. I even plan to do work. I’ll tell Jesse, “I need to work.” I’ll pack my bag full with notebooks and pens and books to read and mark up. I’ll leave the house and go to… View Post

Like Chocolate and Vanilla Swirl

in Uncategorized on 21/05/13

Here’s a picture of Hadley and Harper about five minutes before they went to school Monday morning. About fifteen minutes before this picture was taken they were having a contest to see who could throw her underpants and hit the ceiling first. I clean the breakfast dishes up during the contest. Yes, it is a daily thing – the underpants… View Post

The Cheetah

in Uncategorized on 14/05/13

Last week Hadley went on a field trip to the zoo with her class.  For weeks, they had been researching an animal of their choosing; reading books, going to the computer lab, drawing pictures, all rather impressive things for Kindergartners to do, I’d say. Last week, they roamed the zoo to see the real, live thing. Hadley searched for the cheetah. On… View Post

Joan Didion and Pterodactyls

in Uncategorized on 02/05/13

I am reading “The Women’s Movement,” an essay in The White Album by Joan Didion. The year the essay was written marks the end of each piece in the book and I think that would be cool to write a book full of essays and end each with the year I wrote them. I am thinking this at 6:30 in… View Post

Play Ball!

in Uncategorized on 30/04/13

Here’s a little story for baseball season. I hope you don’t mind my re-posting. I wrote this a while back for the Red Dress Club. The prompt was, “Somebody gets hurt. Somebody tells a joke.” Every summer the Little League teams in the Chicago suburbs were invited to Comiskey Park for “Little League Night” (at least, that’s what I’m calling… View Post

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Hi! I’m Callie. I’m a writer and teacher living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I write Creative Nonfiction, and in my oldest daughter Hadley’s words, I “use my imagination to add a bit of sparkle to the story.” I’m a contributor for Coffee+Crumbs, Off the Page, Makes You Mom, and Relief Journal. My writing has also been featured on Art House America, Tweetspeak Poetry, Good Letters, and Altarwork, and in 2014 I was one of the cast members of the Listen To Your Mother DC show.

I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from Seattle Pacific University, and I am working on my first book that will be published through TS Poetry Press.

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When I was in fourth grade, I got my front tooth k When I was in fourth grade, I got my front tooth knock out during a baseball game. I was in the dugout, trying to make a butterfly in the dirt with my shoe. The batter, who’d hit not just a home run, but a grand slam, came running in and everyone cheered and so did I because I’d gotten really good at reading cues for when a good thing happens in sports. I even attempted a high five, and somehow I knocked my face into her batting helmet, thus spending the good part of that weekend summer day in the dentist’s office getting a root canal.

No teeth were lost in this latest incident, but I was lost in a bit of imagining on Sunday when I tripped and fell on Packard while running. I look like I’ve been in a bar fight and my shoulder looks similar to how Wesley’s looked after being attacked by an ROUS. 

But I’m going into work today, and when I told my boss I’m nervous about how I look she said, “It’s OK because you have a story,” and if that isn’t the best thing you could ever say to me, I’m not sure what is. 

So, here I am with a story. Thanks to all my friends and family who’ve been so kind and keeping me laughing.
A little Mother’s Day dancing is so good for the A little Mother’s Day dancing is so good for the soul. Thank you, @woodsbreeana 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
Last dances and first swims of the season and socc Last dances and first swims of the season and soccer and cherry almond scones and a new project with a friend and a lament for a fallen writer who paved a path for so many of us.
One spot left! C’mon, guys! It’s gonna be fun! One spot left! C’mon, guys! It’s gonna be fun! #linkinbio
Let’s bring back the Around Here post. Ok, I’l Let’s bring back the Around Here post. Ok, I’ll go first. #linkinbio
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