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Confessions of a counterfeit farm girl
Confessions of a counterfeit farm girl

A laugh-out-loud memoir about a city slicker who discovers that Manolos and manure just don't mix.

2008

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Susan McCorkindale
Susan McCorkindale

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Pinned

Part III: Life these days

When your kid’s in trouble, you do what you have to do — It’s pouring rain and it’s cold, and still I have the window open so my son’s cat can peek out the screen and feel the breeze. My feet are freezing but the cat is happy. This makes me happy. It’s dark, just after seven in the morning, and I’ve been…

Parenting

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Part III: Life these days
Part III: Life these days
Parenting

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Pinned

Part IV: Cats? What Cats?

When I finally got my son on the phone, after the two missed calls, after the email Rob sent to the jail, and after my call to the attorney, when I was still crying and shaking and hurling Italian invectives at the individual responsible for sticking my sweet, gentle, beautiful…

Parenting

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Part IV: Cats? What Cats?
Part IV: Cats? What Cats?
Parenting

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Pinned

Part II: He’s Under House Arrest, and I’m the Warden

I never expected to find myself in law enforcement — When I arrive in Virginia, it’s freezing. It doesn’t matter what I put on, I can’t get warm. Rob and I have lived in Florida a little more than a year, and somehow I’ve already managed to forget how warm April in Virginia isn’t. I’ve packed utterly and completely incorrectly…

Parenting

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Part II: He’s Under House Arrest, and I’m the Warden
Part II: He’s Under House Arrest, and I’m the Warden
Parenting

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Pinned

Part I: Little Friday

Here’s where it began — The Thursday I learned my son was in jail was preceded by a Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of my waking each of those days and thinking it was Thursday. Or, more accurately, hoping it was Thursday. Very strange since there was nothing special happening on Thursday, April 6. It wasn’t…

Autism

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Part I: Little Friday
Part I: Little Friday
Autism

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Pinned

About me — Susan McCorkindale

First up: McCorkindale is my stage name — Hi! I’m Susan McCorkindale. I’ve been writing since my parents gave me my first black and white composition notebook when I was about four. My work wasn’t any good, but that didn’t stop me from chasing them around the house trying to read it to them. Beyond being a writer and an author (I…

Writing

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About me — Susan McCorkindale
About me — Susan McCorkindale
Writing

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3 days ago

Part V: Duct Tape! Duct Tape! My Kingdom for Some Duct Tape!

During the 13 days my son was in jail, I kept wondering why the attorney wasn’t doing more to get him out. I kept calling and asking. Asking if he or his associate had visited my son. Had they told the prosecutor of my son’s autism? Had they explained that…

Parenting

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Part V: Duct Tape! Duct Tape! My Kingdom for Some Duct Tape!
Part V: Duct Tape! Duct Tape! My Kingdom for Some Duct Tape!
Parenting

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Aug 26

Morgan Freeman is Not God

And if that fact makes you cry, you’ve missed your medication — I should have realized far earlier in the day that I’d missed my medication, but I didn’t. I didn’t realize it when I needed a nap at 3 p.m., but wrote 44 headlines at the speed of sound twenty minutes later. I didn’t realize it when a co-worker called at…

Depression

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Morgan Freeman is Not God
Morgan Freeman is Not God
Depression

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Jun 20

Going to Hope

For five people, we’ve pulled out all the stops — There are five people missing in a submersible and, God bless us human beings, hundreds of people at a cost of thousands of dollars, are trying to find and rescue them. For five people, we’ve pulled out all the stops. I love that. It warms my insides. …

Parenting

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Going to Hope
Going to Hope
Parenting

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Feb 8

A Day Without Internet is Like a Day Without Oxygen

But I can still draw enough breath to be bitchy — I can’t get online. I’ve reset the router. I’ve restarted my laptop. And still, nothing. Without Internet access, I can’t get to Thesaurus.com. And without Thesaurus.com, I get writing constipation. I mean, what if I need to find different ways of saying “illuminate,” for example? …

Humor

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A Day Without Internet is Like a Day Without Oxygen
A Day Without Internet is Like a Day Without Oxygen
Humor

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Dec 24, 2022

Once You Start BOUNCE, There’s No Going Back

Everyone who’s started reading BOUNCE via this link has told me the same thing: Once they read the Prologue and first two chapters, they were sucked in and wanted more, more, more. Sure, I’m bragging, (have I told you that ALL the reviews are 5-stars? They are!), …

Resilience

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Once You Start BOUNCE, There’s No Going Back
Once You Start BOUNCE, There’s No Going Back
Resilience

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Susan McCorkindale

Susan McCorkindale

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Rugby mom, soccer mom, author, hopeless optimist. Reach me at Susan@SusanMcCorkindale.com

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