It’s been an exhausting month so far (and Thanksgiving is yet to come!) I’ve been elbows to @$$holes with plumbing issues and caregiving and buying a wheelchair van AND continuing to write. It’s 6:30 pm CST Thursday and I don’t have a blog post for Friday morning. I have to ask myself, “Are we having…… Continue reading Are We Having Fun?
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Life is Like Plumbing
For the past two weeks, my life has been an adventure in plumbing. Over the years, the plumbing in my old house had filled with the debris of years and years of water flowing through old black pipe. The flow of hot water to my kitchen sink had decreased to a trickle. And when my…… Continue reading Life is Like Plumbing
A Veteran’s Day Tribute
Today I give a Veteran’s Day Tribute to all those who have served. I salute all veterans—no matter where they served nor how long. On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, hostilities ceased in the Great War. In 1926, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution to observe the…… Continue reading A Veteran’s Day Tribute
Remember and Be Grateful
It’s November. In the United States, that means Thanksgiving Day is coming. It’s a month, and a day, known for overeating, for much-hyped sports, for writers meeting crazy deadlines, for parades, and for Black Friday shopping. Am I saying those are bad things? Heck no. But they are signs that November can be crazy busy. In…… Continue reading Remember and Be Grateful
The Final Perfect Line
November is coming! November is coming! Writers are frantically preparing for the month of NANOWRIMO. In case you’ve been living under a rock, NANOWRIMO stands for National Novel Writing Month. Since 1999, a simple challenge to write 50,000 words in thirty days has grown to be a non-profit organization supporting and cheering on hundreds of thousands…… Continue reading The Final Perfect Line