Civility… 7 x 7 Awards Go To… 3 Dec 20113 Dec 2011 On November the 20th, I received a very thoughtful nomination for the 7x7 Link Award by one very talented young man whose blog many of you may have had the…
self-help… NaNoWriMo Touchdown 26 Nov 201128 Nov 2011 I thought I would know the exact moment that I hit the 50,000 word count - that elusive goal for participants in the National Novel Writing Month challenge. For some…
Civility… Plotting for NaNoWriMo while Dancing with Murphy 16 Oct 201116 Oct 2011 Some of you may be asking what a NaNoWriMo is and who the devil is Murphy. Many of you have asked where I've been the past few days as I…
landscape… The Year That Changed My Life 10 Oct 2011 "Inside you there's an artist you don't know...say yes quickly, if you know, if you've known it from before the beginning of the universe." - Rumi The holiday that I…
home… ‘Write While The Heat Is In You’ 8 Oct 20118 Oct 2011 There are times when my head has more going on it than there is space to contain it. It feels as if one more independent thought will cause an explosion.…
Entertainment… How To Celebrate The Last Forty-Something Birthday 14 Sep 201114 Sep 2011 When I hit thirty, I was almost relieved as I had mourned my twenties for the entirety of my twenty-ninth year. Hitting forty was nothing traumatic so thirty-nine slid by…
Entertainment… Tonight’s Harvest Moon 12 Sep 201112 Sep 2011 Wikipedia describes the harvest moon as the full moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox which is on September 23rd this year, making tonight's full moon the Harvest Moon!…
political… September 11 – Site and Hindsight 11 Sep 2011 My friend Paula and I in front of the site in 2007Today marks the tenth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. Events in remembrance are planned, television…
Entertainment… Vacation Un-Planned 19 Aug 201119 Aug 2011 This year, the only steady component of our vacation plans, is a propensity to fall miserably apart. We planned to take two weeks in September and tour the American West.…
Entertainment… Lunching With a Friend and Fellow Writer 14 Aug 201114 Aug 2011 I sometimes forget that I am not alone in my pursuits - especially where writing and publishing are involved. Until the past few months, I didn't even personally know another…