Valerie Mangion         

Journal Entry March 16, 2021, noon By the time the pet psychic I’d contacted e-mailed me back, she’d already had her session with Dewey...

My mother died on August 30, 1999. With some money she left me, I fulfilled my life-long dream of getting my own horse. Against all...

Thursday, March 9, 2017, 2:43 a.m. Ellis actually thought I would sleep better, now that Tucker is dead. Isn’t that cute? 3:55 a.m.,...

In April of 2010, my sister and I went to Aix-en-Provence, France, to visit her daughter/my niece, who was studying abroad for one...

December 16, 1981, 20 to 12:00 am, Wednesday Night Every once in a while I flash back to one certain episode of the tv show, “Bewitched.”...

Monday, February 12th, 2002 A Typical Winter Day ~~ 5:00 - 6:30 am - Lie awake waiting for Tina to call (to see if I have to substitute...

From May to September What I mostly remember Is animal crises, Caregiving and fly-sies. I’m thrilled summer’s over With its slaframine...

May 15, 1996 Yesterday I got stopped for speeding in Cross Plains. I was very touched by the whole incident. I approached the cop with...

(November of 2012 was a really sad month. Two of our beloved cats disappeared within two days of each other, most likely the victims of...

There seems to be an element of synchronicity to my Journal Project. The way I choose a journal volume to select an entry from is totally...

Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2013 En route to Ellen and Jack’s house in Waunakee. Ellis is granting me 20 minutes of silence so I can...

Monday, July 9, 2007 I worked my ass off in the punishing heat and humidity all week, knowing I’d get to take Sunday off to go to Devil’s...

Friday, October 25, 1996 "I don't think this is your 15 minutes of fame; I think this is the beginning of your fame.” * ----Richard...

Saturday, December 8, 2012 Cats degraded my quality of sleep all night. In the morning, though, I finally dreamed. I dreamed that my old...

August 12, 1980, Tuesday Yesterday this old man — a white guy with white hair and three teeth (each about 1 1/2” long) got on the bus I...

(I moved from the city back home with my mother in a Chicago suburb soon after my father died. I lived with her for almost a year. I was...

(This volume covers part of my second year of graduate school and the summer after. I spent much of that summer back in Seattle, helping...

Wednesday, March 7, 2001 This morning we drove to Rockbridge to buy more sawdust and shavings at the sawmill. As soon as we pulled away...

Friday, New Year’s Eve, 1999 I’m supposed to be amazingly reflective on the eve of the new millennium. I’m too busy cleaning up manure,...

October 1, 2002 Part of my mad stint of socializing included lunch with Dawn Kiefer, “my” reporter from the Richland Observer. Her e-mail...