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Just Shelley

I’ll settle for fun

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I was looking at my posts this evening and I asked myself, “Will I ever grow up?” I’m not a young girl, I’m a mature woman. I should be elegant, classy, say witty but urbane things. Exude sophistication. Ha! I love to fly kites! I love looney tunes and laughing […]

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Just Shelley

Fog is in the Bay

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I am in such an ambivalent mood this morning. Maybe the orange is getting to me, also. Maybe it’s the story I wrote last night. Maybe it’s the emotions that have run behind the scenes via email this week. Some of my weblogging friends have been hurting, and that hurts […]

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Writing

Who burnt the pizza?

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I’ve had a piece I’ve been wanting to write for the last few days, and today, it finally decided it was time to come out. I put on Sting’s Brand New Day and put a homemade pizza into the oven, promptly forgetting about it in the middle of my muse. […]

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Just Shelley Writing

I’ll Never Write for the New Yorker

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I started writing when I was five years old. I wrote everything: articles, stories, fairy tales, even a musical when I was 12 that my school kindly let me produce and present. Writing is as much a part of me as breathing, laughter, and hope. My spelling is not always […]

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Just Shelley

For Hire

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. For hire: Edgy, quick tempered, slightly manic technology architect/writer. Known to disagree with people on occasion. Can be somewhat opinionated. Likes music. Orange. For particulars, enquire within.