Just For Fun Friday 02/21/14
My mom raised me to be a bargain hunter. In our early years, we needed all the help we could get, but at some point, it was more of a challenge than a need. Sometimes my dad said, “if you want, it, get it“. He didn’t understand. I just hated paying more for something that I had […]
A Writers’ Work is Never Done (by others)
In the Steve Martin movie version of Cheaper by the Dozen, there’s a scene where, two days after Bonnie Hunt (the wife) is told her book will be published, she opens the door and her friend is standing there with the book - already published, with a glossy, sensational cover. Friend breathlessly announces that it […]
Just For Fun Friday 02/14/2014
Baby, it’s COLD outside! I’ve said before I’m an info-junkie. I am fascinated by trivial details. As a writer, it’s a bonus – finding snippets of information to store away for use in a story somewhere. Given the weather in the past month, this bit caught my eye as I was browsing through a 1977 […]
Retreats – Time to Write
Do you sometimes find that time to write is in short supply? Since I live in the country with only dogs and cats to keep me company, you’d think all I need to do to find solitary writing time (away from my day job) is go home and not talk to anyone for a week. That doesn’t work […]
Insights From a Flea-Market Find
Do you like flea markets? Saturdays are often spent with my daughter, exploring them. It’s our ‘getting away from it all’ hobby. I look for frames (mirrors, art-work, photo frames, etc.) and spend lots of time sorting through books. And I browse. Some things just look interesting, or bring back a childhood memory (I had […]
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