Sometimes I’m Amazed
Sometimes I amaze myself. More often, life amazes me!This is the view of one of my two spare bedrooms yesterday morning. It's a mess, of course. Until a few months ago, all of this stuff -- yarn, craft supplies, photos and memorabilia, etc -- was neatly stored in...
Bake a Cake & Sharpen a File
I'm a criminal.Not just the type that zips down the highway more than the excusable 5 mph over the posted speed limit.I'm also a hypocrite. I'm a stickler for academic honesty, for giving credit where it's due, and for the past umpteen years I've taught...
Opportunity (FMF)
I'm very excited to again this week join a talented group of women who connect each Friday in an online, unedited (so excuse all errors) flash mob free-write based on a one-word prompt from our fearless leader Kate Motaung. My timer is set for 5...
Hitting Submit
First, I procrastinated.I didn't just procrastinate. I procrastinated in a manner worthy of a gold medal, were procrastination an Olympic event.I did laundry and cleaned the house. I called friends and asked if they needed help with anything. I began not one, but...
Touch (FMF)
I'm very excited to again this week join a talented group of women who connect each Friday in an online, unedited (so excuse all errors) flash mob free-write based on a one-word prompt from our fearless leader Kate Motaung. My timer is set for 5...
Me and Taylor Swift
I don't follow celebrity news and gossip, but a friend shared on Facebook the other day that Taylor Swift has been posting "cryptic" social media posts with references to 04.26 and has added a countdown calendar to that date on her website.To be completely honest,...
The Next Step (FMF)
I'm very excited to again this week join a talented group of women who connect each Friday in an online, unedited (so excuse all errors) flash mob free-write based on a one-word prompt from our fearless leader Kate Motaung. My timer is set for 5...
Mended: Restoring the Hearts of Mothers and Daughters (Review)
When I first learned several months ago that mother-daughter team Dr. Helen McIntosh and Blythe Daniel (respectively) would be releasing a book about restoring the very-unique relationship that exists between mothers and daughters, I immediately contacted Daniel...
Offer Me This (FMF)
I'm very excited to again this week join a talented group of women who connect each Friday in an online, unedited (so excuse all errors) flash mob free-write based on a one-word prompt from our fearless leader Kate Motaung. My timer is set for 5...
Full Circle
Perhaps it was the hot toddy.Or maybe it was just the effects of "the crud" that I'd woken up with that morning and struggled with all day.Whatever the cause, I had a less-than-positive realization just before midnight this past Saturday.I've come full circle. I'm...
