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Tuesday, November 16th, 2027
Murphy’s
When Andi called me the second I turned off my work computer and gathered my November-cold clothing (scarf, but a light one; coat, but not a parka), I was ready for whatever she was going to throw my way.
“You wanna go to Murphy’s? 9 o’clock?”
You better believe I wanted to go to Murphy’s at 9 […]
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Sunday, November 14th, 2027
On writing and not
It’s been awhile since I’ve written about writing, and here’s why: I am in the process of reworking my book into a whole new book, and it’s difficult and time-consuming and filled with lots of little things that make me go “grr,” but, quite honestly, I love it at the same time.
I was a creative […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Life, Writing, Personal by Gretchen
Saturday, November 6th, 2027
A Saturday with the New Steelers Coaches
This afternoon was one of the best times I’ve had in my life. Normally, at the Pittsburgh Women’s Foundation, I work with girls who enjoy creative writing, but occasionally I’ll pitch in with the girls on sports teams as well. (I was pretty good at volleyball and soccer back in my day, though the girls […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Pittsburgh Sports, Steelers, Passion, Public Transportation, Pittsburgh Women's Foundation, Pittsburgh Development, North Side, Out and About by Gretchen
Sunday, October 31st, 2027
Visit from the ‘Rents
My mom and stepdad visited this weekend. After I graduated from high school in New Wilmington, they told me that they were planning on moving to Florida to join the rest of my family which has migrated down there, and by the time I finished college they had bought a house down the block from […]
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Saturday, October 23rd, 2027
All’s well that ends well
Yesterday afternoon, I was just taking the first sips of my after-lunch decaf coffee when the door to the PWF flew open and Robin, one of my colleagues who works with girls in sports, burst in, her face extremely pale.
“Samara’s hurt,” she blurted out. “I think she broke her leg.”
I jumped up from my desk […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Public Transportation, Healthcare, Pittsburgh Women's Foundation by Gretchen
Saturday, October 16th, 2027
So what do you do?
At 7 AM, I press the snooze button and crush a pillow onto my head. I am not ready for the day to begin. Today will be long and exhausting and yikes I don’t even want to think about it.
At 7:30 I grudgingly get up and shower, eat some scambled eggs for breakfast, down a […]
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Tuesday, October 12th, 2027
The Writing Life
As I mentioned in my introductory post, I’m working on a novel. It’s coming along, perhaps not as smoothly as I’d like, but I’m making steady progress. One thing that helps me step out of the solitary of being a writer is the writing group I belong to.
It’s one of the dozens of established writing […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Writing by Gretchen
Saturday, October 9th, 2027
Introducing Gretchen
So, Frank convinced me that I was missing out on the elation that comes from pouring your soul out on the Internet for all the world to read and I agreed to write on here and see what all the fuss is. I’m not usually this much of an exhibitionist, so we’ll see how this […]
