Day 7 OMG, it’s day 7, already. It seems like we just got here. As I start this post, I’m sitting on Manchebo Beach, a wide stretch of powdery soft perfection overlooking calm azure seas, and my mind has begun the negotiation process. How do I extend this trip…surely there is some way? There’s so Read More …
Day 5 Continued So, Sunday (Day 5) ended up being way more of a day in than intended. I say “intended” because on a vacation isn’t there often this tension between wanting to see all the things and just lying low and catching your breath? Well, the latter won out as we all needed a Read More …
I suppose Aruba is as good a place as any to pick up the thread, right? We’ve been here since July 4th and have calmed down a bit from the excitement of being somewhere new. I.e. Kiddo has eased up on the dancing and singing songs to Aruba and I had a really good night’s Read More …
On Friday, I broke the 40,000 word threshold…Badge and pat on the back from the NaNoWriMo folks…I’m essentially in the final stretch…But after yesterday’s Hawaiian Dance ho’ike, I’m flat…Or I’m catching a cold…Or feeling a quite jealous, since Hubby is officially off of work for the week until next Sunday, and currently napping on the Read More …
Fall light. It triggers something primal, that hint of sadness at what could have been. Winter’s going to be a doozy, old chap, for a part of you will die, sleep…like it does every winter. And yet, lacking the harshness of summer’s glare, the light is also fulfilled, pregnant. Might as well eat some Pumpkin Bread. Read More …
Today I hit an all-time daily record of 4,085 words (new fiction) – that’s the equivalent of a short story. And total word count for the month = 22,183. Since November 1st I have finished 3 short stories, formerly stuck for years in “where am I going with this?” mode. Today started a brand spanking Read More …
And she grew when the children began calling her by her name and not, “Hey, you,” as they had been taught. Her stumps grew limbs that embraced the ones who had cut them off, but only after they slept for she knew her blessing would stunt them. Her heart beat once more to the rhythm Read More …
National Novel Writing Month It’s that time of year again, when all over the world writers commit to the challenge of writing 50,000 words of fiction within thirty days. I used to participate in the now defunct sister event Script Frenzy (100 pages of screenplay in one month), and really had no intention of joining Read More …
Last week, Kiddo selected The Whisper by Pamela Zagarenski as part of her bedtime reading. It’s a story about a little girl who reads a magical book without words, because the words fell out on her way home from school. Frustrated at the absence of words, she hears a whisper (a fox perched outside her Read More …
Picture the scene: Girls’-Only Pizza Party while Hubby is away at his class. In the kitchen, “Please Don’t Stop The Music” (a song my corpse would roll off the table and twitch to) is pumping its very contagious cha-cha beat. And I’m dancing. Just. Like. The. Old. Days: (Sigh) Good times. Good times… Then (record Read More …
