I’ve been feeling absolutely awful. There’s the routine nausea and tiredness but the worst of it is soul anguish. It’s impossible to gauge how much of this is contributed to hormones. Likely it’s mostly that, but in the fog of it this is no consolation. I’m not so sure my hormones have leveled out since Addair Kentucky, making normal irrelevant [...] Continue Reading »
volatile mama
8the exercise of doing what you want
0I was grateful for the rain because it made for a no question writing day, and honestly it is often a great struggle to get up these days and put on the painters pants and find something that ought to be whiter. Not when the memoir is in the home stretch of a second [...] Continue Reading »
the toppling Honda and aftermath
2First of all it is important to note the resurgence of activity on the blog by one, Ashley Addair, who has returned to our readership and reminded us with playful sentences to be happy in simple moments, to be audaciously yourself, and furthermore I would remind you to vote for her as “best visual artist” [...] Continue Reading »
mostly links to delightful places
0Happy Saturday afternoon and welcome to today’s promotional awareness. I dare to write such a post because its fundraising week at WDVX and WUOT, so maybe just maybe you’ll have a little more tolerance for such ploys here. May I draw your attention to a couple of things that are in my own interest and possibly [...] Continue Reading »
things around the house that make me merry
0Oh joy! What a delightful surprise to come home to a package in the mail with my first ever published cover art. If you don’t mind my saying so, it looks great and I am really excited to read it. As the back reads, “This book is essential reading for pre-service teachers, classroom teachers, and [...] Continue Reading »
friday wilderness awareness, and the new parenting/work schedule
6Good morning and happy Friday to you. Things are excellent here this morning. I’m thankful for some silly things, cinnamon rolls and good coffee, warmth spilling out of the oven. And to be writing a blog by the fireside. At the first morning light I snuck out of bed, not without noticing mother and [...] Continue Reading »
if there were timeouts
5Months ago I was posting drafts of memoir chapters as I wrote them. The writing has been a stop and go effort for two years now, and a huge struggle of time management. I am guilty of making more time for writing than is fair, truthfully. The balance of work, and the work I wish [...] Continue Reading »
down the hill, up the hill, in the driveway
3We put the final touches on 122 W. Glenwood early last week, with the plan to list for sale by March 1st. The landscapers are coming before and I’ll post pictures of the final result. The rest of the week we made a hard push to finish 700 E. Scott before Friday’s open [...] Continue Reading »
homemaking, the couch, and writing aids
2February begins the second of a three month family plan. Finish taxes (it can be a novel for the self employed), a home refinance, obtain health insurance (in case of the proverbial tugboat), and build a little savings. Add to the to-do list, buying a couch. Nine years of keeping house, and still no couch. [...] Continue Reading »
finding happiness in work: advice to the younger me
2We’ve began a three month family plan: a checklist for hitting the road in a travel camper come spring, a bunch of paintings and enough CDs to sprinkle around for gas money and electric hookup. No, not really. I’m afraid the plan is going to be a little more boring. Like putting together our taxes, [...] Continue Reading »