A glance at 2007 in review can be done by taking the first line (or two) from the first blog post of every month in the year. Read the whole post by clicking on the link embedded in the months, or read the lines together like stanzas in a found poem. January It seems I […]
The following was passed on to me by Smiler. I considered just copying and pasting her answers because so many of them sounded so much like me. But I figured that would be cheating. Here’s what I came up with. Name six guilty pleasures no one would suspect you of having: 1. Sunbathing without sunscreen […]
For ten years or so I taught creative writing classes at Floyd’s Blue Mountain School, a parent run cooperative with early roots in Rudolph Steiner. I taught several classes to kids from about four to fourteen once a week in exchange for a portion of tuition for my own sons who were students there. Over […]
Musing Woman recently mused on her five strengths as a writer and asked me to do the same. Although most of us aren’t very comfortable pointing out what we’re good at, it seems like a useful exercise to affirm five strengths rather than five deadly sins or weaknesses. Here’s what I came up with: 1. […]
Hold on to your hat and Click HERE for my video contribution to the Sunday Scribblings subject of HAIR starring me and my sister Sherry.
AKA: Think Pink “What part of France are the lions from?” my husband, Joe, asked. We were sitting in our wrought iron lawn chairs having breakfast in the yard. Our neighbor’s lawnmower droned as I explained The Shameless Lions Writing Circle to him, how forty-eight lions were being adopted by writers from the group. Visual […]
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There’s an interview meme weaving its way through the blogsphere. It recently landed here. Deana posed the first five questions and Naomi the next five. Q&A as follows: 1. If there was one place that you and Joe could go in this world and explore for a few weeks where would you go? All expenses […]
My writing is an extension of and a way to organize my thinking. I’m more of a thinker than a writer. For me, writing is the natural final product that results from thinking. I think! ~ Comment recently made by Colleen to Kim (a thinking blogger). I’d like to thank Blue Mountain Mama – who […]
~ The following is a year end review using Loose Leaf excerpts that were taken from each month of 2006. Click the link if you want to read the post in its entirety or to view accompanying photos. January – A Neighborly Visit: I returned to the humble hand-built studio home of my recluse friend […]
Aka: tagged by Rebekah * Three things that scare me: Driving on highways near cities, people whose body language doesn’t match what they are saying, things like rats and cockroaches and public speaking. * Three people who make me laugh: Stephen Colbert, Julia Louise Dreyfus, and my nephew Patrick. Here’s why. * Three things I […]
Why do you wear a mask? Were you burned by acid or something? Oh no. It’s just they’re terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future. ~ The Princess Bride The answers to last week’s Halloween Costume Contest, which you can review HERE, are as follows. 1. Sally, owner of the […]
