[Life] Catching Up and Reclaimation
So here we are… back from the Epic Road Trip to the East Coast. 16 states in 11 day (hello, unexpected West Virginia). I may have to make a collage of the “welcome to” signs. I think we got all of them, but a couple of states apparently are kind of “meh” about those. Today […]
[Writing][Life] Spinning Wheels and Other Things
No, I’m not taking up old fashioned yarn making… Last reminder: I’m speaking at Scrappy SpecFic Symposium tomorrow (Saturday, April 26, 2025) on the Denton, TX UNT Campus Library. I’m the first presenter, so get there on time. I’ve also had the date wrong forever – DAY, yes, always Saturday). I’m looking at a couple […]
[Life] Updates and Accountability
I meant to be more active here. And I need to be — but still figuring some content things out. It’s been just over a month now since the “DRP”. So far everyone is playing the deal straight. We’ll see how long that lasts. The challenge has been getting the new routines down. Figuring out […]
First Update of The New Chapter
Here we go… remembering that I have a website and I should use it. It’s Day 4 of this new chapter thing, and it’s…going? I am keeping my previous work “schedule” of doing stuff at my desk in the mornings and when I need to do stuff, it’s in the afternoons. There will be some […]
[Write the Story] Retired Veterans Telling Their War Stories
I’m getting back to it. There are only 4 more exercises after this one. I am going to finish this project this year! I am going to. Prompt: Retired Veterans Telling Their War Stories Words: internment, fret, kneel, fasten, drizzle, nursery, abundantly, scarce, discourteous, grant Story “…We had to do everything we could to protect […]
[Personal] Updating Status
So yeah, it does seem like I have dropped off the face of the blog. And I did. I’m six weeks out of shoulder surgery and in well into physical therapy. It still aches. PT is not fun but necessary. I’ll be weak on the right arm for a while. I call the arthroscopic scars […]
[Write the Story] A New Life on a New Planet
Prompt: A New Life on a New Planet Words: negotiation, churro, postulate, reiterate, pullover, contentment, watermelon, beech, momentary, frozen Story “I thought you sais there would be beaches here.†Becca pulled off her sunglasses and pouted. “There are. All over the place.†Luke pointed across the horizon. “There. There, and there.†“All I see are […]
[Pen/Pencil Blog] Wooden Pencil Parade
I obviously didn’t get a blog done yesterday. This year…wow, this year. I’m exhausted. I ended up working the Day Job last evening and just didn’t have it in me to make this happen. All of these are from Graphite Pencil + Paper – from two subscription boxes and our first trip out and about […]
[Write the Story] Time Travel
Prompt: Time Travel Words: hurricane, email, launder, pastry garlic, staff, germs, gallery, brace, share Story “Welcome to Infinity Enterprises. I am Claudia. I will be your concierge during your planning. Allow me to escort you to the gallery where you will choose your destination.†I followed Claudia into a long hall with screens embedded into […]
[Pen/Pencil Blog] Pre-Vacation Confessions
I didn’t really plan for this week’s pen blog. There are pens to review – and probably a couple more coming up – but…I have vacation brain. We’re about to take a short one and that’s my goal. Also, I’ve been con-cruddy ever since FenCon — upper respiratory. Maybe bad allergies. Maybe a virus. Recovering, […]