Isn't the Lettuce Brave?

The view from here... I saw a really appropriate meme on Facebook the other day. It had a stick figure on the left that was smiling and ...

Mom, probably high school age, 1940s What wouldn't I give For your voice in my ear The stern looks as needed A #sliver of...

3 May 1976 8 May 1976 I often say that I had 4.5 years of only child bliss, and then Susan happened. But in truth, I had 4.5 years ...

Waiting at Charles DeGaulle to fly back to London, May 2012. This week has been a rough one at work - nothing at all to do with the stud...

It turned out to be better than I could have ever thought when I started. I have been hearing about a genre that I think must be rather n...

I just discovered that I can novel ON MY PHONE because I am an OLD LADY who doesn't understand TECHNOLOGY so I am now noveling on the...

This is my writing process, lately... So, Nanowrimo is coming up next month. A writing conference down in Georgia is coming up next mont...

"A letter always seemed to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal friend." ~ Emily Dickinson ...

(photo courtesy of the Anderson Independent: Clemson students on the library bridge at class change) This morning, as my bus hurtled dow...

Graphic Courtesy of Broadleaf Writers Association So, what did you do this weekend? I spent my weekend investing in my impostor synd...

How many Wolfhounds can YOU fit on one loveseat? This summer was spectacular in that awful, soul-killing, exhausting way, and so far au...

Hoyt and Martha Allen, circa 1970. "I’ve always loved this picture of my parents. The looks of joy and happiness on their faces is ...

Wild Horses Statue, Providence, RI Right, so where was I? Ciaragh was back, I was done with GARF, and life was settling down so I could ...

Well, so it has been a hot minute since I last updated this - or wrote anything if I'm honest, but work and life have not given me a s...

Taking notes like a boss writer Oh y'all. Somehow this month's nano has been so hard for me. I mean worse than that time that...