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I was just absent-mindedly fiddling with the glow stick that my daughter gave me when she asked, “You gonna stick that in your nose?” I thought about it for a minute, then replied, “Yeah.” And I stuck it up my … Continue reading →

Heard around the house: One man’s troll is another man’s elf. Somehow I doubt Santa would agree.

I have my own particular set of sayings that I use frequently. One of them is “make it snappy.” I use this saying on the kids when they’re slow to do whatever it is they’ve been told to do. But … Continue reading →

I am old enough to know by now that if I hide something in an unusual spot and say to myself “Don’t forget that you put this here” it means I absolutely will forget and shouldn’t put it there. But … Continue reading →

Noticing is the first step toward knowing.

I learned a lot from working on my nature photo album. I wanted to apply those lessons to my current project, so I put them into a handy list. Now I’m going to post the list here, where I can … Continue reading →

I don’t think I’m going to win NaNoWriMo this year. I’m not really “in it to win it.” I’m in it to write a novel, not just 50,000 words, but as many words as it takes. The 30-day time frame … Continue reading →

We had another power outage this afternoon. As the minutes turned into hours I was starting to worry about dinner, because I wouldn’t be able to cook without any electricity. So I called the hubby to ask him to bring … Continue reading →