I was cleaning out my in-boxes (the email one and the one with papers overflowing), when I found something I’d like to share. Wait, that is just a picture of my in-box, along with a reminder to remember the important things in life. Here is what I really want to share — a video that [...]
Archive for January, 2010
what’s in your in-box?
Posted in Photography, something important, I'm sure, tagged Buddy Greene, Carnegie Hall, harmonica, inbox, kittens on January 31, 2010 | 4 Comments »
one word
Posted in Writing, tagged Ali Edwards, blogiversary, children's book, Christina Katz, ChristinaKatz.com, Jane Koenen Bretl, Marsha Norman, middle grade novel, NaNoWriMo, one word, Writing on January 29, 2010 | 14 Comments »
“Dreams are illustrations… from the book your soul is writing about you.” Marsha Norman Can one little word provide some vision for a whole year? I stumbled upon the idea of this ‘one word‘ while reading author Christina Katz’s new site. She moved her “WriterMama Riffs” blog over to ChristinaKatz.com. Christina chose her [...]
guest blogger: Cheryl Conway-Nelson
Posted in Motherhood, tagged Cheryl Conway-Nelson, guest blog, snow on January 27, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Today’s guest post is from woman-extraordinaire Cheryl Conway-Nelson. I am not sure how to spell ‘extraordinaire’, and when I looked it up in the dictionary, it was not there: it should be, sandwiched between extracurricular and extrasensory. Her picture would be in there too, next to the definition, for balancing five kids, volunteerism, community causes, [...]
almost dark
Posted in Motherhood, seasons, tagged darkness, sledding, snow, snow days, sunset, winter on January 26, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Late one afternoon, two boys came bounding off the school bus, ready to head to the sledding hill. The snow was perfect, and they wanted to take in every minute of daylight. Contrary to the number of “snow days” we have here, there is not that much snow; between the icy-snow, the too-wet-slushy-snow, and the [...]
it’s a dog’s life
Posted in get along like cats and dogs, tagged dog on January 20, 2010 | 15 Comments »
It is the dog’s ‘birthday’. Since she was a rescue puppy, we don’t know the actual date of her birth. But, like most things in life, it works just as well if we just pick a day and stick with it. So this is the dog’s special day. Because every day isn’t a dog’s special [...]
snow globe
Posted in Motherhood, seasons, tagged snowglobe, snow days on January 8, 2010 | 14 Comments »
It is snowing. Big, lumpy clumps of snow flakes, the kind that makes it look like the neighborhood was a giant snowglobe tipped upside down at some point last night, then set back down very gently this morning right before the alarm went off. It is beautiful. Sure wish I could find the connector cord [...]
bangs or no bangs?
Posted in Writing, tagged blogs, Jane Friedman, Jane Koenen Bretl, new year, Writer Unboxed, Writer's Digest on January 4, 2010 | 8 Comments »
New year, new look. Inspired by a recent post from Jane Friedman of Writer’s Digest, I did a little cyber redecorating again. Her guest post, “5 Things That Make Me Stop Reading Websites and Blogs” appeared on the blog Writer Unboxed. In it, she outlines a few easy blog fixes that can help ensure an [...]
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