Yesterday my daughter had a pumpkin-carving party, complete with home-brewed Nut Brown Ale from her boyfriend and all kinds of delicious pot luck treats. We carved the jack-o-lanterns in the backyard with leaves falling all around us in the autumn breeze and ladybugs landing on everyone. I got up this morning and wrote down all […]
I've just finished making a pan of lasagne for my son's birthday dinner tomorrow. (Brief aside: on Twitter, the spell check wanted me to spell it lasagne, which I thought was correct. Here on Typepad, the spelling gods insist it is lasagna. But I sticking to my e ending. I like e endings.) I'm sort […]
I cannot tell a lie, because you have no doubt noticed, but I am a blogging slacker. Two weeks ago I headed to Nashville for the Writer's Loft fall orientation. This was a big to-do because it was the first actual orientation that my partner Terry and I planned since we took over the program. […]
I'm working on becoming a better observer. Generally, I go about my business, I travel, I write in my journal about my experiences, and those jottings are too often self-absorbed treatises on what I'm feeling. I like this, I don't like that, I feel so fabulous this morning or life sucks, blah, blah, blah, endless […]
In my ongoing attempts to takeover secure a spot for myself in the writing corner of the internet, I’ve been researching keywords. This fun little endeavor is part of my effort to find out what y’all want when it comes to writing and writing coaching. (Brief, but very important aside: Tomorrow is the LAST […]
