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I Knew there was Some Reason that I Never Learned to Sew
I’m becoming resigned to the fact that there simply isn’t enough time to do everything that I want to do. That I will die without having a gorgeous garden. That I will never learn to sew. That my...
View ArticleThe Peculiars – a book review
Several weeks ago I received in the mail an uncorrected proof of a soon-to-be-released book , The Peculiars, written by a friend of mine, Maureen Doyle McQuerry. How fun it was to hold her book in my...
View ArticleA Writer’s Work is Never Done
I am writing a book and it is exhausting. I remember hearing my English teachers say such things and I didn’t exactly believe them. I mean, I knew it was a bit of work, getting a piece of writing...
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Pseudonyms in Blogland
I have been thinking – for quite awhile – about giving my family pseudonyms in blogland. I read many bloggers who do this – and they all have funny/appropriate/applicable names they have chosen for...
View ArticleGirl Scout Writers – Part One
For several years I have had the privilege of co-leading my daughter’s Girl Scout troop. The girls are in the 4th and 5th grades now and – if you’re interested – are busy selling cookies! But that’s...
View ArticleMessy
Let’s face it: if aliens came to earth and their criteria for assimilating humans was based on how messy their house was, I would be taken for sure. I thought of this sentence while washing dishes…and...
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Canning My Own Tomatoes
This is how I can tomatoes: with words. In past years I have canned them with jars. Lovely, shining, wide-mouth Mason jars, topped with golden rings and flowery caps. I have waited in nervous...
View ArticleMy Stint As A Journalist
For the past several weeks I have been filling in at the Daily Globe. They’ve been a little short handed so they called in their second string. I’m okay with this moniker. I don’t want to be first...
View Article“Hang it All!”
I recently finished reading a book. It was a good book, well-written, kept me interested all the way through. But then I got to the last page. Only I didn’t realize it was the last page. I was reading...
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