Books I Love Since 2012, I have been participating in the Goodreads - Reading Challenge and while I am constantly reading I've only completed it twice officially. A couple of times, I simply forgot to enter the books after I read them (2015, I am looking at you.). Photo by ready made on Pexels.com This … Continue reading Chapter 2: Books I love… Books I write
Writing
100 Words on Ramona & the Bus
Yesterday, a kind librarian gifted me a book, Ramona Quimby ~ Age 8 by Beverly Cleary. One of my very favorite books when I was age 8. I remember reading this on the bus riding to elementary school. My mom had decided that since my big brother was no longer walking with me to school … Continue reading 100 Words on Ramona & the Bus
100 Words After A Welcomed Nap
Came home early to a quiet house and two pooches wagging their tails, well one was. The second pup, my Luke, meandered in a few minutes after his legs stiff from a long hard nap. Ready for another one if I was game. The momentum of moment spent, I was game. These false summer days … Continue reading 100 Words After A Welcomed Nap
100 Words Talking To A Friend
Can I call again? Of course. Sometimes when a friend calls they don't need advice. They need you to listen and reassure them that they aren't a bad person for setting boundaries. You listen and speak when called. You listen and don't insert yourself. You listen and when you expect that the process will begin … Continue reading 100 Words Talking To A Friend
100 Words Sitting in my Study
There is no air-conditioning in my sanctum this evening. There hasn't been air-conditioning here for two weeks. While living in Florida as I did five years ago would have made this experience a new level of hell and I would have had to flee with Luke for a cooler desk upon which to procrastinate; in … Continue reading 100 Words Sitting in my Study
100 Words on a Sunday Night
Everyday I have a simple goal. Write a hundred words a day. A hundred words closer to my next book/blog or article. For the last two weeks, I've been on break from the day job and I've virtually ignored my keyboard except for five hundred words that the muse demanded that I write. s Still, … Continue reading 100 Words on a Sunday Night
New Year – New Reading Goal
Since 2012, I have been taking part in Goodreads Reading Challenge and in that time I've only complete the challenge twice (2016 & 2020). This is far better than my attempts to write 50,000 words in a month and complete National Novel Writing Month each year. (Hint: I haven't finished once.) The Mega To Be … Continue reading New Year – New Reading Goal
The Idea Machine
Where do you get your ideas?Simple, I have a machine in my house built from spare parts found on the side of the road and at yard sales that I crank up whenever I am in need of an idea. The crank is the most important part. The ones from Victrola's are the best.
Pennies on the Ground
Coming into work, I saw a penny on the ground. It was tails up, bad luck. But then the words of one of my godfather's rung in my ears, "Who am I tell the universe that I don't need money?" Or abundance. So I picked it up That penny sat on my desk at home … Continue reading Pennies on the Ground
The Writer and Balance
The days have grown dramatically shorter in my mountain home. The sun was setting as we walked the dogs. The Autumn Equinox is upon us and it at this time of year that I think of what I will banish my from my life. The idea is to banish something in the fall that holds … Continue reading The Writer and Balance