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  1. Creepy guy at Safeway magazine rack leafing through "Cosmopolitan." Only interested in the stories, I'm sure.
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  3. I declare victory! No Halloween candy consumed. First time since I was a baby?
  4. Talking to rancher in Pendleton, Oregon by phone. Suddenly he says: "Whoa, almost ran the tractor into a mud hole."
  5. Now I'm supposed to write something of literary merit while a jackhammer chews into basement floor.
  6. Plumber feeds camera into pipe beneath our basement floor all the way to street. View looks like that of my colonoscopy minus tree roots.
  7. Teenage girl walks past my home office with cell phone to ear. Through closed window, I hear her say: "I am not bi! No way!"
  8. Dinner menu growing at favorite walking-distance eatery, Petisco. Mealoaf, mac & cheese, butternut squash ravioli and more, oh my!
  9. Finally finished major updates to plan documents for Oregon Historical Society exhibit on Pendleton Round-Up. Back to working on thesis.
  10. New blog post: Best one-liners http://bit.ly/8kZiq
  11. Annual journey of potted tropical plants from outside to windowed plant "closet" has begun. Six months of solitary for six months outdoors.
  12. No Tweets for 28 days. . . have I been in a coma? No, actually overwhelmed with work. Lame excuse, I know.
  13. Man and woman at Safeway in Pendleton, OR showing off their legs to compare lifesize tattoos of their babies' feet.
  14. Pull into parking lot next to car in which old man is asleep at the wheel, mouth agape. Powerful urge to honk my horn. L
  15. Mixed-metaphor mystery: Woman at grocery tells another woman, "It's coming apart at the seams because it's going down the crapper."
  16. Man at Costco with two boys in tow is ogling mega flatscreen TV. "Guys," he finally says, "fantasy time is over. We can't afford it."
  17. Kids between Pendleton Round-Up arena and Umatilla River path using long stick to "harvest" apples.
  18. New blog post: A Son's Goodbye http://bit.ly/ek78B
  19. Stumbled upon great source for my book research. An 88-year-old PhD at the Pendleton library. Serendipity is a wonderful thing.
  20. A not-so-modest shout-out to myself & fellow writers: http://bit.ly/3ah8au