Recently a blogger friend talked about how many drafts we have that we never publish, which made me think about mine. I had thirteen. I wrote this in December 2019, but it got lost in the pandemic flurry of events and I never got around to publishing it. Last month I held a creative writing… Continue reading Words Matter
Tag: Writer
Good Thing I’m Not Afraid of Rabbits
So the Universal things keep happening, but I also have poop sandwich weeks, just in case you think I am always happy and rainbows, which would be so irritating, wouldn't it? Someone who is happy all the time while the rest of the world is imploding? Even if I did, I wouldn't tell you since… Continue reading Good Thing I’m Not Afraid of Rabbits
It’s My Ten-Year Blogging Anniversary and I Can’t Eat Cake
This upcoming Sunday marks ten years since I first started this blog. A decade ago, I sat down in our then-basement office and started a blog on our old desktop computer. I say office because it was really the only space in the basement that wasn't covered in toys. For the first several months, I… Continue reading It’s My Ten-Year Blogging Anniversary and I Can’t Eat Cake
How People Found My Blog in 2018
One of my goals at the end of each year is to publish a blog post that summarizes the preceding year in terms of how it pertains to the blog. I chose to make it interesting for you since I am concerned that reading a post like that may bore the hell out of you.… Continue reading How People Found My Blog in 2018
Bloggers Who Need to Blog Again
Why is it the ones who blog every week (or sometimes three times per week) aren't the ones you really want to blog in the first place? I used to have a huge circle of blogging friends four years ago. Let me clarify that: I used to have a huge circle of blogging friends… Continue reading Bloggers Who Need to Blog Again
Quirks? I Got ‘Em By The Boatload
My friend Jeanette, the mastermind behind the vision board, has gotten me to thinkin' again which is never ever good. She wrote a post about 30 Refreshingly Unique Blog Writing Prompts and let me tell you, they are indeed refreshing. Every once in a while, bloggers/writers/journalists/"influencers" (hate that word) run into a dirty little… Continue reading Quirks? I Got ‘Em By The Boatload