It Was the Best of Gift-Giving Times, It Was the Worst of Gift-Receiving Times
For the first time in several years I’m excited about Christmas shopping. I have been given permission to buy actual wrapping-worthy presents instead of coughing up the cash or gift cards that teenagers prefer, and I’m scoring a lot of fun items. (Thank Read More …
How Barry Manilow Almost Made Me Take on an Ex-Nun
I don’t know if it’s the cold, that Christmas approaches, or that my schedule has shifted again now that Molly’s into exam-mode, but I’ve been in a sentimental mood of late. I first noted it when I was walking Maya Read More …
Dog Walk in Alberta
A Halloween-ready house, with homemade figures in the window of crooked-hatted witches and improbably colored cats. A house being framed — shirtless men ahoy! A gravelled path which appears serene, but which lies over a natural gas pipeline. Writer’s Brain says all Read More …
Shoemakers on the Carpet for Sizism
An essay about shoe shopping to attend the Romance Writers of America’s national meeting, how difficult that is with big feet, and why it might be responsible for a noted author’s blindness. Read More …
Never Give Up, Never Surrender–Except When You Should
It’s Theme Day in my world. All kinds of people are struggling around the issue of persistence. One virtual friend is wondering if she should trunk the novel that no one wants to buy; another debates whether they should be forced Read More …
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