Sometimes Monday | 6.13.22
Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds. — Regina Brett Summer solstice officially arrives tomorrow and though it felt like we did...
Hiding All The Gray
I have a love – hate relationship with my hair. Short hair, long hair, bangs, and no bangs – I have had it all. A new cut and my favorite sweater! However, the debate that is currently raging in my brain is Gray or No Gray. I have been coloring my hair for a long...
For the Love of the Pen
My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ballpoint pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane. – Graham Greene Today is Fountain Pen Day! Regrettably, I was late to the fountain pen...
The Little Girls in the Big Woods
It is sad but I only have a few photos documenting my childhood. This is the only photo I know of from which an enlargement was made, a rarity outside the annual school photo. My parents were just not photographers. This photo of my sister and me was taken in Waukazoo...
Lingering Autumn
Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. - George Eliot
A Literary Ten on Tuesday
I have always enjoyed reading Carole’s Ten on Tuesday posts, and thanks to NaBloPoMo I am now a happy participant! This week’s topic was to “Write 10 Sentences That You Think Would Make Great Opening Lines for a Novel.” Okay. Wow, that is more than a little bit hard...
Winning and Not Winning
Some days the things you try are wildly successful. They are incredibly motivating and exciting. Then there are the days that are the polar opposite of Wildly Successful – the challenge is to find motivation in not winning and not give up in the process. I have...
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