Bookends LLC had a great post August 09th by author Elizabeth Joy Arnold where she speaks of the three things an author needs to have. Luck. Talent. Perseverance. It’s the “luck” part that I’m going to blather on about here. Talent (hopefully - unless you’re one of those crazy contestants on the audition episodes of American Idol) […]
Top 10 things I’ve had on my “to do” list for at least one year.
#10. Dust, clean, & repaint all baseboards in my house. Yawn, I know. But an evil necessity. (One that will probably be on the list, unfinished, ad infinitum. Baseboards suck.)
#9. Follow one bloody recipe from start to finish without getting creative, […]
I wake up too early to a Max cuddled next to me mumbling questions about what I would do if the Black Widow spiders from his “most poisonous animals” book were able to jump from the pages and I ramble some kind of nonsense back and get up, gulp as much coffee as quickly as […]
I’m not talking vomitous purging. Clutter purge was the name of the game today. (For the record, I don’t have ataxophobia - a fear of disorder -… see yesterday’s post… In fact I’m sort of on the other side of the spectrum.)
It started innocently enough - I had a conversation with my cousin who was […]
Deanna is not so thrilled about getting on airplanes. In fact, that may be the understatement of the century. Bottom line is that I don’t like being off the ground. We have legs, the earth, and a good dose of gravity for a good reason. Anyhow, this morning, I put my son on an airplane […]
If you were a place, which would you be?
Paris… Romantic. With a history. A kept lover? Enduring. Aloof.
Vancouver… Multicultural mecca. Turbulent. Serene. Cool surfer and Biz savvy.
Tokyo… Cutting edge & structured. Exotic. Secret rituals.
New York… A restless insomniac. Crazy. Cultured.
L.A…. Zen loving feel good facade. Gritty underbelly. Hot today (who cares about tomorrow?).
Egypt… Mysterious. Lasting strength.
Fijiian Islands […]
Okay. So lets say there’s this girl named Pippin. It doesn’t matter how old she is. Or where she came from, or what color her skin or hair is, or what her faith is, or where she’s placed her latest tattoo. All that matters is that Pippin wants to get to Orlando. Like, Orlando is her biggest dream. […]
I don’t watch the Simpson’s. But the boys really, really wanted to go to the Simpson’s movie. So yesterday afternoon (not entirely sure what I was in for) I found myself at the theatre with a total of four small boys. It was inane. It was ridiculous. And it was totally hysterical. Max, for days, […]
I try to write every day. Other computer stuff (blogs & email & freelance jobs - and Webkins for that matter - don’t count)… For me, the really super precious laptop time means geting some words down on one of the bigger projects I’m working on. I aim for 1000 words a day. Sometimes I manage nothing - sometimes […]