The past eight weeks or so have been crazy around here. Lots of out of town trips for baseball and track. End of school awards and other programs. Throw in a few bridal and baby showers, along with a whole family get together …
The Synonym Finder
If you are a word-lover like I am, sometimes you get frustrated in finding one that conveys your exact meaning. I find this especially true in my writing. So many words spill out of my fingers that at some point I’m throwing …
Hopeless Perfectionist or Healthy Work Ethic?
Good. Better. Best. So many areas of my life I choose good or better, when what I want to choose is best. But sometimes I can’t recognize “best” until I look back. So then was it “best” if I didn’t know it?I run into this as …
Oh My, Oh May!
I knew this was coming—and as much as I tried to avoid it, I couldn’t. Yes, graduation and manuscript revisions are both on top of me in the month of May. If my blogging gets sporadic, you’ll understand why! …
More on Perspective
Yesterday put all my whining (even the whining I didn’t voice!) of late in perspective. No, I haven’t had much writing time. And I sacrificed more if it Wednesday and Thursday to go with my son to the regional track meet …
My Cool Twitter Story
Social media. Love or hate it, I think it is here to stay. And in spite of some issues with it, there are some really cool things about it, too. I jumped into Facebook pretty quickly. Fun to reconnect with people I hadn’t …
Business Trips
I’ve never been one accompany my husband on business trips, even if he only made a handful of such trips over the past several years. The few times I attempted it were not pleasant for either of us. I spent all day waiting …
Thank You, Dr. Onuf!
Long ago, in my college days at SMU, my history professor advisor for my senior thesis asked my next step in the field. Where did I see myself after graduation? Grad school? I shyly revealed to him my ultimate goal in the …
Learning to Juggle
I remember when my little sister learned to juggle. I can’t remember if the instructions came from a video or a book, but I remember that she started with one ball, practicing catching it with both the left and right hand. …
A Refreshing I Didn’t Know I Needed
I spent most of last week at a writing retreat. I went into it being acquainted with only two or three of the fifteen other writers in attendance. I left with fifteen new friends who I respect as writers, as women, and as …