“30 days hath September…” I get that far with the old rhyme, then have to stop and think what comes next. November rhymes with September so it hath 30… right? Hmmm. A quick online perusal yields a website with 89 versions of the rhyme = not helpful when trying to unscrew a memory aid that [...]
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I hath a dream (about hecklers)
Posted in seasons, Writing, tagged heckler, inner critic, Jane Koenen Bretl, NaNoWriMo, November, Writing on November 30, 2011 | 12 Comments »
nudge, nudge
Posted in Writing, tagged Jane Friedman, Writing on November 29, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Sometimes it takes a nudge. And some good advice. And an encouraging nod. And butt-in-chair. I am beyond thrilled to be mentioned in Jane Friedman’s blog: Being Human at Electric Speed>>Media Professor + Speaker : 3 Reasons to Have a Website If You’re Unpublished http://janefriedman.com/2011/11/28/website-for-unpublished/ If I am very still, I can hear it. A [...]
growth
Posted in seasons, Writing, tagged gardening, memories, N. Platto, poetry on March 17, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Growth I write of my garden as it grows through the years The experience of life, the joys and the tears I write to keep track of the planning and sowing I write, unabashed, of my passion for growing I write for myself, and so loved ones can see The earth, the breeze, my garden [...]
the Gift
Posted in Motherhood, seasons, Writing, tagged gift, Jane Koenen Bretl, motherhood, snow days, snowglobe, trains, Writing on January 24, 2011 | 14 Comments »
I was given an unexpected gift. I was able to turn back the clock, on a snowy day in January. I was able to live an experience that I’ve regretted missing the first time, and thought was gone forever. A writer can rewrite chapters, but who has that luxury in life? I often feel a [...]
hello?
Posted in Writing, tagged NaNoWriMo on November 4, 2010 | 8 Comments »
It’s November 4th, do you know where your NaNoWriMo is? And how come your word count still says 0, hmmm?
greetings and salutations
Posted in Photography, seasons, Writing, tagged Charlotte, spiders, writers on October 26, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Every fall, a new spider sets up her last camp on our deck. Every year, I name her Charlotte and watch her go about her business with fascination. Here is Charlotte 10. She is not as large, nor did she last as long as some of her predecessors. But she kept a tidy web and [...]
Proudest Moments
Posted in Motherhood, Writing, tagged anthology, book signing, CBS Sunday Morning, Christina Katz, Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop, Jane Friedman, radio interview, The Prosperous Writer, The Ultimate Mom, There Are No Rules, Writer's Digest on May 14, 2010 | 7 Comments »
One person’s humor can be another person’s yawn. One person’s proud can be someone else’s embarrassment. On either side of the fence, I find that most things in life are not as they appear on the surface, because there exists the chapters before and the chapters not yet written, and all we see is a [...]
Life is funny, or why I started screaming at the TV
Posted in Motherhood, Writing, tagged CBS Sunday Morning, Erma Bombeck, Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop, Lost in Suburbia, Mother's Day, motherhood, Rebel Without a Minivan, Tracy Beckerman on May 10, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Have I mentioned before that life is funny? It bears mentioning again, because it is the only explanation I have for why my Mother’s Day included blood-curdling screams. Like most of my adventures, this one started out innocently enough. As I have mentioned 53 times already, I attended a writing conference a few weeks ago. [...]
Why Erma?
Posted in Motherhood, Writing, tagged bookmobile, Darrelyn Saloom, Erma Bombeck, Erma Bombect Writing Workshop on April 20, 2010 | 17 Comments »
“Why Erma?” someone asked. Erma Bombeck was the first humor writer that I ever read. As a kid, when I had exhausted the stack of books from the summer bookmobile, I would browse through the house for reading material. There on the living room bookshelf, near the Reader’s Digest Condensed versions and the set of [...]
funny people
Posted in good reads, Writing, tagged Bill Scheft, Donna Gephart, Erma Bombect Writing Workshop, Gail Collins, Karen Walrond, Tracy Beckerman, Wade Rouse on April 17, 2010 | 20 Comments »
I love writing conferences. Every writing workshop I attend leaves me feeling energized, inspired, and armed with, well, armloads of useful information. This time, I can add one more take-away to the list: the endorphins from laughing until I have tears running down my face. It is the final day of the Erma Bombeck Writers [...]
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