My daughter and I started By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder tonight. We’ve been reading through the whole series (skipping Farmer Boy in favor of more … Continue reading My Six-Year-Old Sings the Blues
When I was in middle school, I developed an intense crush. Even today, happily married and with two beautiful children, if this person came back into my life and asked … Continue reading My First Love
When my husband got a job in the “Metro West Boston area”, we envisioned a move to an urban setting. We envisioned downsizing significantly to fit into a two-bedroom apartment … Continue reading A Glimpse of an Alternate Reality
This is the third blog post I’ve started tonight. I had one about how I seem to have dropped out of NaNoWriMo this year. I had one rambling one about … Continue reading Ramble On
Lately I’ve been thinking of myself as Wash and all of the other drivers around me as Reavers.* I’m trying to be calm and cool and just try not to … Continue reading I Am a Leaf on the Wind
Somehow I’m on a Ringling Bros e-mail list. Today I got a link to their Ringling Bros Center for Elephant Conservation as part of their campaign against legislation that would effectively prohibit them and … Continue reading The Greatest Show on Earth? The Circus in Light of Proposed Legislation
NaNoWriMo Day 4 Word Count: 6,907 When the power was still out on November 1st, I was a little nervous that I’d get behind on NaNoWriMo. I’m not sure how … Continue reading Power of the Pen
Having read The Help recently and about one-third so far of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, I’ve been thinking about books on the bestsellers list. Specifically, I’ve been … Continue reading A Vow to Write Poorly
This morning, I woke from a dream in which I told my mom, “The only thing I really can’t do with my kids around is write.” I opened my eyes … Continue reading Don’t Call it a Comeback
I had a thought about blogging while I was riding my bike home from the library today. The thoughts I had on the way to the library had little to … Continue reading I Am, therefore I Blog
I checked out Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones from the library nearly six weeks ago. It’s due next week and I can’t renew it again, so I’m trying to … Continue reading How Not to be a Famous Author
Of course, just after I decide to take a blogging break, here are ten reasons to keep at it: Ten Important Things I’ve Learned About Blogging | Confessions of a Pioneer … Continue reading Ten Important Things I’ve Learned About Blogging | Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
Imperfect Happiness 