Author Archives: Drema Drudge

Dear Reader, Word Raccoon and I decided to take Rebecca for a gorgeous fall day’s walk and ask her what she saw. She obliged. (The last photo is a dragonfly that materialized on my and Word Raccoon’s car antenna when we pulled up at the gym. Also, we came upon someone else taking photos ofContinue reading “Taking a Character for a Walk”

Dear Reader, I just added a reminder to Word Raccoon’s calendar: Deal with the pork. What? Our local grocery store has what I consider the best meat department nearby, truly. I don’t like getting meat delivered. I can’t afford the really good stuff, so I watch for specials. WR excitedly read the flash meat saleContinue reading “Deal With the Pork”

Now Playing: Stubbs the Zombie Soundtrack. On repeat. Why not? Dear Reader, Word Raccoon reset my alarm today for an hour later without my knowledge. I should be grateful; sleep has been so broken lately. She KNEW I had a phone call I wanted to make nice and early to get it over with. WeContinue reading “The Internet Provider”

Dear Reader, Sunday’s café time wasn’t as fruitful as I could have wished, at first. Maybe it was because my car was in the shop so I wasn’t driving my usual horseless carriage, but everything felt off from the moment I landed well before noon. I blame the serviceable- but-ugly vehicle I drove for puttingContinue reading “Sunday, First Date”

Dear Reader, The trees are glorious today, in that distinctly late-October-in-Indiana way, which I suppose is its own shorthand. The red leaves on the tree just down the street seemed topped by the remaining green ones, which reminds me of apples. They’re coming down thick and heavy, all of a sudden, the leaves, and becauseContinue reading “Gloriously Red and Green Trees”

Dear Reader, Word Raccoon both wants and doesn’t want to work on her novel right now. She wants to, but she has competing desires: during breakfast she discovered a YouTube channel and she wants to watch all of the videos NOW, NOW, NOW! Context: she loves architecture, not necessarily the terms or whatever, but justContinue reading “Standing By with a Blank Canvas”

Dear Reader, Word Raccoon woke determined. She had nasty admin to do, things that would stress her out all damn day if she didn’t get to them, so as soon as she’d had her cinnamon raisin toast with peanut butter, she did. In an hour, they were finished. But then we went looking for otherContinue reading ““Use It Or Lose It Island” Has Officially Been Cleared!”

Dear Reader, I have a blog post almost finished, and yet, I can’t finish it. It’s about leaving a literary legacy, and it’s not saying what I want it to say yet. Word Raccoon blames John Green and what he said in his short about legacy, but more on that another day. (And WR, beContinue reading “Dishes and VisionQuest Do Not Equal Writing”

Dear Reader, Why does it sometimes take years for something to sift into your consciousness? For years I’ve heard of commonplace books, but the concept was only on the periphery, and if you had asked me what it was I would have said “a notebook where you record pretty things that you read.” Word RaccoonContinue reading “Not-So-Commonplace Book”

Dear Reader, Word Raccoon found a slipper to write with as she left a meeting today, and she put it in her book bag along with her journal. Both of the journals. She gets it. She gets it. She will put it back on her shelf. Afterwards, she went to a musical performance and wasContinue reading “Slipping Columns”