Feeling done

For a while after Lila was born I flirted with the idea of just one more baby, mostly to give Lila a sibling closer to her own age. More recently I’ve pretended out loud that I don’t want anymore kids, all the while thinking I might just want one more. Very recently I realized a [...]

Little house in Ohio, undecorated

Sandra sent me a wonderful gift, the book Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Ozarks, The Rediscovered Writings. I’ve never felt drawn to Laura, having only associated her with Melissa Gilbert’s depiction on the television series. I remember enjoying the books as a preteen, but reading them again with Tyler, I found them difficult [...]

Busy, buried, blocked

I’m here, just kind of focused elsewhere. Though I find myself thinking about posting constantly, I haven’t managed to put a coherent post together for a week. Yesterday I started working on something that I might get to finish today, but might need another day. I’ve also been sewing a lot, cutting out another round [...]

Happy Birthday, Kate!

My dear friend Katherine turns 40 today, and I wish I could take her out for Sushi & Sake, and make her a sneezeless spelt cake with buttercream frosting. I can’t, but I can send you all over to her place to wish her a happy, happy! Go on! You’ll get a Bonus Best Valentine’s [...]

Market research, continuing education

Meagan wrote an informative, helpful, and for me, stimulating article at D2D on how to research writing markets. This is something I have avoided doing, mainly because I haven’t been sure what I wanted to write. I’ve become complacent (lazy) with the instant publishing my blog provides. Meagan’s article fired me up, and I have [...]

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