There have not been many book reviews on this blog lately. Time for a few quick reviews before December. I have decided to use the month of December as my own personal advent calendar. Every year, since my children were babies, we have opened the doors of an advent calendar. This year my girls will … More The Last Three Books
The month of November is skittering past so quickly I dare not close my eyes. I remembered to place the turkey in the refrigerator, reclaimed from the depths of the freezer where he has rested for a year. I bought two turkeys last year, planning to have a Thanksgiving feast revisited in February as part … More As Mother Nature Rocks Her Children to Sleep
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is the present. That’s why they call it a gift.” Thursday morning I had to leave the house early, but didn’t have to be to work for another hour. No problem guessing where I could be found with that little extra bit of free time… Humboldt Cafe, … More Today is a gift….
National Novel Writing Month November 1st is here and I have yet to decide what I am going to write…. So I am obviously nowhere near writing that first sentence. It will be typed today, however. I have promised myself. It has been a busy and interesting week. By Monday night I had a post … More Write on Sunday & the past week’s roundup
This week’s prompt from Becca on Write on Wednesday was: Do you make time to write everyday? Don’t you think everybody should? Well…… I do write every day, but I do not Write every day. Big difference, for me, between writing for work and writing for…. fun. Comments, logs, emails – enough said about work … More Write on Wednesday, the last rose of summer, welcome fall…
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. ~Seneca Becca posed a wonderful question on Write on Wednesday this week. What could you accomplish, if you only dared? Or if you knew you could not fail? by Arthur Rackman That … More write on wednesday, surprises on wednesday, and …
Becca asks: “Do you find yourself moving too fast through life? How does slowing down affect your creativity?“ In my house, Veronica is the chatelaine of time. You can tell by the look in her eye that she is pretty serious about it. There are clocks all over the house. My father repaired and restored … More Write on WEdnesday – ‘time is relative’
Another thoughtful prompt from Becca this week, on Write on Wednesday. I am so pleased I decided to take the time today to think about it. Are you detail oriented in your writing? What are some of the details you most notice in the world around you? What details do you focus on in your … More Write on Wednesday about details
Summer draws to an end. The garden is tired, ready to be put to bed. Or maybe, I am tired of the garden and ready to be done with the chores…. A last hurray for the rose bush. I will have to keep my eye on it; the beetles that devour the blossoms have been … More The waning days of summer
What’s your experience of being in “the writing zone?” Becca asked in Write On Wednesday. I have a picture of my brain as a colorful space designed my M.C. Escher. There are different compartments in this space for different types of storage. There are little drawers that have round ivory knobs used to pull the … More write on wednesday – the mysterious zone
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