The eagle is in the nest. That is code around here for “the expected has arrived.” As in, the flight of the person I am picking up at the airport is at the gate; or, the babysitter just pulled in the driveway. Today the package arrived. The one I have been waiting to find. I [...]
Archive for March, 2009
the eagle has landed
Posted in good reads, Writing, tagged mailbox on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
bookish
Posted in good reads, Motherhood, seasons, tagged bookmobile, books, Caldecott Medal, Newbery Medal, reading on March 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
My fascination with books started early; in the summers of the 70′s, I would look forward to the bi-weekly visits of the Bookmobile to my tiny Wisconsin town. I guess it was literary outreach for the distant corners of the county with no library branches. (Do bookmobiles even still exist?) This beloved bookmobile would park [...]
TGIF
Posted in get along like cats and dogs, tagged dog, tgif on March 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I just don’t know what else I can say about this one. Come Friday, she enjoys a refreshing beverage as much as the next dog.
a real letter
Posted in Writing, tagged blogs, mail on March 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
About an hour after my last post about the mail, I was surfing some of my new blog favorites and found this from Nathalie’s Notes. Sounds like her mailbox receives the same assortment as most of us, but she says it so beautifully.
the universe has a sense of humor
Posted in Writing, tagged Antiques Roadshow, dreams, DVR, fountain pen, humor, Jane Austin, mailbox, published, short story, ultimate HCI Books, universe, wishes on March 12, 2009 | 6 Comments »
OK, so those of you who have been following along (all three of you), know that I am waiting with bated breath for the copy of the book that includes my first published short story. It is to arrive “in the mail in March”. For a couple weeks now, I have been excited to go [...]
better door than a window
Posted in Motherhood, tagged concert on March 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In the mailbox today was a big, plump, promising looking envelope. It was addressed to E, and contained the (very well padded) CD from his very first choral concert. *Sigh*. No book. The concert was very interesting. Unfortunately, I could not see my kid during the grand finale. A fine child, who I came to [...]
neutered dog pal
Posted in get along like cats and dogs, Photography, tagged dog, friends, neuter on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Kenzie has a new friend. He is very cute. He has a great smile. And other appealing qualities. They romp and play and get along very, very well. Then, later, it’s nice to kick back and share a stick.
Dear Sir/Madam
Posted in Writing, tagged Miss Snark's First Victim, query letters, rejection on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As someone who has been doing query letter revisions lately, I am always on the lookout for good advice. I was particularly amused by a post on the blog Miss Snark’s First Victim, detailing some fail-safe ways to ensure query rejection. Writers, enjoy!
cuckoo, cuckoo
Posted in Motherhood, Writing, tagged cuckoo clock, pendulum on March 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My cuckoo clock went bananas. Every day, I am supposed to reset the winding mechanism by pulling the chains to the top, where they slowly wind down and through some miracle of clock-making, make it run all day (even if it does not keep proper time). Turns out if the long chains with pinecone-shaped weights [...]
the cowboy, the scholar and the muse
Posted in Writing, tagged cowboy, muse, scholar on March 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A cowboy, a scholar and a muse walked back into my life one night. I had just finished reading a book, a novel with characters so compelling, I simply had to read the entire work in one sitting. I turned the last page at 2:00am, my heart in my throat and my head too filled [...]
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