Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy
This is my photographic response to a recent photo challenge by The Daily Post. I like taking photos, especially for this type of challenge. I find it leads me to see … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy
Author: Charity
Wednesday Check-In: Between Writing Sessions
ROW80 Week 2. Goal: Write 5 days out of 7 using the writing and contemplation prompts from a chapter of The Pen and the Bell by Brenda Miller and Holly … Continue reading Wednesday Check-In: Between Writing Sessions
Book Review: Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence My rating: 3 of 5 stars When I began reading Lady Chatterley’s Lover—the first complete, unexpurgated version published in the United States (in 1959)—I … Continue reading Book Review: Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence
ROW80 Sunday Check-In: Process Not Product
A goal is something to strive for. Theoretically, there is as much—or perhaps even more—value is in the striving as there is in reaching the goal. So in that sense, … Continue reading ROW80 Sunday Check-In: Process Not Product
Weekly Photo Challenge: Mine
This is my photographic response to a recent photo challenge by The Daily Post. I like taking photos, especially for this type of challenge. I find it leads me to see … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Mine
Routines, Writing Phobia, and a Couple of Metaphors
Hooray! I’ve made it to the ROW80 Wednesday check-in and I’ve met my challenge for both of the two days since I announced my goals! I’ve also been reminded of … Continue reading Routines, Writing Phobia, and a Couple of Metaphors
Page Fright
Tomorrow I begin my very first ROW80 writing challenge. I am terrified. I’m not “horror film, hysterical screaming” terrified. I’m “trying to find a logical reason not to do the … Continue reading Page Fright
Playing “Appalachian Trail Thru Hiker” At Home
As I tucked the blankets around my daughter tonight, I asked, “Honey, are you going to sleep with that hat on?” She had pulled a stocking cap down over her ears. … Continue reading Playing “Appalachian Trail Thru Hiker” At Home
Weekly Photo Challenge: Solitary
This is my photographic response to a recent photo challenge by The Daily Post. I like taking photos, especially for this type of challenge. I find it leads me to see … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Solitary
Crocheted Cuteness and Friendship Symbiosis
I enjoy crocheting (and to a lesser extent knitting and sewing), but I have a difficult time maintaining enthusiasm for projects that drag on and on. So I make baby … Continue reading Crocheted Cuteness and Friendship Symbiosis
My Midlife Crisis, Ahead of Schedule
It’s possible I’m going through a midlife crisis. I’m only 35, but I’ve always been precocious. There’s this sense that I’ve missed my chance to do something grand, something a … Continue reading My Midlife Crisis, Ahead of Schedule
Truth Will Out…But Not Just Yet (A Music Truck Update)
A few weeks ago I wrote about a bit of ice-cream-truck prevarication in which my husband and I engage with our children. You can read that story here for the context … Continue reading Truth Will Out…But Not Just Yet (A Music Truck Update)
Imperfect Happiness 