I cannot seem to remember that today is Wednesday. All day I’ve thought it was either Tuesday (God forbid) or Thursday. I looked everywhere in my son’s school bag for his Thursday folder. Shocker. It wasn’t there because it is Wednesday. My ROW80 post on Sunday got a lot of comments and words of encouragement …
There was one phrase my sister and I used as children that would make my mom crazy. “Mom, I’m bored.” Seriously, she’d go through the roof. Her problem with the phrase? As a child, I had no idea what her problem was. I mean, all my toys were played with. There were no friends around. …
My week this week was…unproductive to say the least. Long days at work and many family events during the evenings. It’s making me a little nervous with NaNo coming and things only getting busier. It’s just the time of year when things go into warp speed. We’re also mid-birthday party planning for the boy child. …
I can’t believe we’re already two weeks in and only two weeks from the start of National Novel Writing Month. Crazy! Tomorrow I return to a semi-normal schedule with the kids going back to school and I to work. While I’m feeling the pressure to be ready with my research and novel prep by November …
There is something about mythology that I love. It’s always been that way. Greek, Norse, Native American, Egyptian. I love them all. And, I think, that is one of the things I love best about “Arcadia Falls” by Carol Goodman. This story has all kinds of myths, fairy tales and legends built into it. There …
The goal with these Throwback Thursday blogs, to this point, has been to reminisce about books I’ve loved through the years. I’ve thrown in everything from pretty mainstream fiction to classic. But, all the books have had one thing in common: I liked them. Or rather loved them. Well, today brings something a little different: …
It is now Thursday. I missed the ROW80 midweek check-in on Wednesday, but I have good reason! My Internet connection was out all day. ALL DAY! I was saved from total Internet isolation by my iPhone, so I could at least check all the social media sites. There is a theory that I’m putting together. …
I learned a very important lesson this weekend. You can sing every word of Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” like it’s 1995, but that doesn’t mean you can still party like you’re a junior in high school. My friends and I hit a local club to hear My So Called Band, who covers 90’s music. We danced. …
There is this iconic scene in the movie “A League of Their Own” when Dottie Hinson (played by Geena Davis) realizes that few people in the stands and media are paying much attention to women’s baseball and chose to catch a ball while doing the splits. It’s that moment when you smile and think “You …
I’ve been saving this book for the last few weeks. Maybe a little because I didn’t want to come off as one of those academic people who casually name drop classic literature. “Well, when I read ‘The Mill on the Floss’ it was the tension of Maggie’s desires and her circumstances…” So, I’m not going …
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