Lately, I have been doings something that I hate. Letting life live me instead of the other way around. One thing or another has taken me away from the things I want, while I spin my wheels trying to hold on to what I have. Adulthood. Recently, I have been contemplating leaving teaching. For many …
Category: Life & other interesting questions
Happy Anniversary!!!
Today is the two year anniversary of my first blog posted. Wow... Two years. When I began this blog on the advice of a friend, I didn't know where it would lead me. I hope it would form the basis of a much larger writing career. This blog has been my laboratory. I have grown …
Notes from the Equinox
I didn't make it to church, today. I needed time to clean, grade and write, but just because they are mundane things doesn't mean they can't have spiritual component. The equinoxes are days of balance. Times to get rid of what has been keeping balance from our lives. Lately, I have been on a teeter-totter: flying …
Labor Day
This Monday will mark the first Labor Day and accompanying weekend that I have had off in four years. Working all the time has gotten me no closer to my goals and only served to distract me from working towards my best future. All work and no play has made for a very unproductive writer. …
Are you ready?
There is one question that continually draws my ire. Are you ready? No, I am not. I am not ready for school to begin in a week. I am not ready for tomorrow or the next day. They are coming anyway. Time slips past me and deadlines always loom. So I am not ready for …
The End of….
The end of summer is rapidly approaching and I am worn out. Summer isn't really a restful time for me, like many teachers I try and squeeze too much into the school free days. There is really never enough time to do everything. Over planning and underfunded mean that most of my school free days …
Mess up – Own Up
Yesterday, I made a mistake that could have gotten me fired today. I knew it within a few minutes of getting in. Check and verified that I was suppose work yesterday and didn't show up. In the end it was my fault and once I realized what happen, I felt terrible. I sat there, wondering …
Upside Down and Turned About
Life has a way of complicating and un-winding itself all at once, which way it goes is up to the user. Sometimes a day goes both ways at once. This summer, I have been struggling to finish my first book, make enough money to pay my bills, complete multiple on-line classes and work on other …
Book Review: The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Available on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle formats. As a reader, I am rather picky when it comes to reading books that others recommend. It took me about five years before I picked up any of the Harry Potter books and that was the result of being …
The Writer’s Mind
A writer's mind can't be contained in a meme. Successful writers share some traits with unsuccessful writers. What makes one successful and the other not could be a matter of skill or it could just be luck. Writing remains both a skill and an art form. It is taming madness. It bring chaos to a …
Lucinda Rose 