by Susan McCorkindale | Jun 9, 2011 | Cancer Sucks, Confessions, Life in the Farm Lane, No Place to Hide
The Publisher’s Weekly review of 500 Acres and No Place to Hide is in, and it’s good. Whew. I’ve pasted it below and, for the record? I believe crudeness is in the eye of the beholder, but manic I completely cop to. 500 Acres and No Place to Hide:...
by Susan McCorkindale | May 25, 2011 | Cancer Sucks, Confessions, Life in the Farm Lane, No Place to Hide
Dear Stu, Hard to believe it’s been six weeks already. I miss you. The boys miss you. And the dogs, well you know about Pete. He missed you so much, he went to be with you. (Tell me; is he as stinky in Heaven as he was on earth? Really, hon, nothing smelled like...
by Susan McCorkindale | May 15, 2011 | Cancer Sucks, Confessions, Life in the Farm Lane, No Place to Hide
Last Sunday I celebrated my first Mother’s Day as a single mom or, more accurately, a widow (God, I hate that word) with two kids, and I have to tell you, it was weird. My sons’ cards were sweet, but I missed the suggestive* ones Stu used to send me. Yeah,...
by Susan McCorkindale | Apr 29, 2011 | Cancer Sucks, Confessions, Life in the Farm Lane, No Place to Hide
We ate out for Easter, and the boys tortured me. Typical. The dog groomer worked her magic on Tug and, a day later, he was filthy again. The norm. I came thisclose to forgetting to get both cars inspected on time. As usual. And the laundry continues to reproduce like...
by Susan McCorkindale | Apr 24, 2011 | Cancer Sucks, Confessions, Life in the Farm Lane, No Place to Hide
“I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and...
by Susan McCorkindale | Mar 29, 2011 | Cancer Sucks, Confessions, No Place to Hide
It’s four-fifteen in the morning and I’m awake and reading the “7 Little Known Dangers of Sleep Deprivation.” It was one of the stories on MSN.com, so I clicked through. Sure, I could be reading about a 132-pound toddler, reviewing the many...