Ducks of Happiness

Ducks of Hap­pi­ness is writ­ten by an anony­mous, 30-something, recov­er­ing alco­holic who lives on an island some­where in the South Pacific – no clue here, huh? She’s lived in many states and sev­eral coun­tries. She tends to write long posts, but they are extremely worth­while – even with the wild seques many of her posts take that turn out to be just as good as the main sto­ry­line. Her writ­ing is con­sis­tent and her sto­ries well-told.

She describes her­self this way:

I’m not a mommy-blogger, a sex-blogger, and I don’t claim to be a writer. So I’m not sure if I’ll have a par­tic­u­larly high read­er­ship. Most blogs I’ve read are pref­aced with “This blog is for me and my fam­ily.” Which then ends up being a mommy-blog, a sex-blog, or a writer’s showcase.

So I’m not going to say any of these things. This blog is sim­ply a forum to share the expe­ri­ences I’m dying to tell other peo­ple about but can’t because of time zones. Like when there’s a mul­let sight­ing and no one is around. Or when some­one brings a goat to a 12-step meet­ing and I think, “I have to tell some­one about this! The world must know!” So see? See why I need a blog? I have many many things to tell people.

The author finds her­self head­ing with some friends to watch drug court. Good times. Her obser­va­tions about the expe­ri­ence sound a lot more like an episode of “Night Court” than “Cops.” She also reads the police logs, which starts her down her first side alley. And “South Pacific” names can be fun, can’t they? She espe­cially enjoyed a cou­ple of names that showed up on the blot­ter, which sends her down yet another alley to a time when she would call appli­cants in for inter­views in con­junc­tion with her role in human resources. Now put this all together and what do you get? A skilled sto­ry­teller who deftly pulls all the tan­gen­tial pieces together for your read­ing plea­sure. And it’s hys­ter­i­cally funny. Check out About Names … and Pris­ons, today’s recip­i­ent of the Post of the Day Award.

Review writ­ten by Lori Hahn.

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