11/16/2011 yarn pet of the day, a photo by starzabove on Flickr. 11/16/2011 yarn pet of the day Pretty to look at, and sitting on top of the novel we read for English. The novel I’m struggling to write a paper on at this very moment. It is a very good book, though: Eli the…
Congress says Pizza is a Vegetable
ummm… okay … right…. oy vey! Read NPR’s article on the topic.
No prompts just a post
I’m off schedule – that is pretty much the norm for me. I’m going to just accept it and move forward rather than try and play catch-up in yet another part of my life. With only a few weeks left in the semester I am getting down to the wire on assignments. Right now I…
Ways in which our home is not like other homes
When was the first time that you realized that your home was not like other people’s homes? (Guest Post by Catherine Gildiner, author of After the Falls) (This was the NaBloPoMo writing prompt for November 9th) I’m too foggy-headed to remember anything as detailed or as witty as a ‘first time’ but I can list…
Traumatic
_Started on November 8th, 2011 . . ._ Has anything traumatic ever happened to you? Describe the scenes surrounding a particular event. ~Adrienne McDonnell (guest prompt) Trauma 1. a : an injury (as a wound) to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent b : a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental…
Juggling over balancing
Making family time is important to me. How do you balance your children, relationship, and work life? ~Rikki Lake (guest prompt) I’m a juggler, not so much into balancing. Seriously, I’ll cover this post more later – when I’m not ill.
Crazy Crazy Day
Yes, it was a crazy, crazy day. That is all …
All of my girls home for the weekend
To some families this may seem a rarity, but it is only new to me this year – the year my eldest daughter (of 4) went away to college. She isn’t too far away – only about 45 minutes to an hour, but she isn’t here, under the same roof, day in and day out…
The Keyboard or the Pen
_When you are writing, do you prefer to use a pen or a computer?_ While I do love writing with a pen – at times – I prefer to write at the keyboard. The main reason? I’m a fairly fast typer and I am more likely to come closer to keeping up with my brain.…
Music and Writing Go Together
Can you listen to music and write? What song did you hear today? (NaBloPoMo Prompt for the day) Let me reverse that – can I NOT listen to music while I write? Maybe, but I honestly don’t know. My girls are the same – whatever we are doing that we CAN have music on in…