November is National Novel Writing Month
NaNoWriMo November is National Novel Writing Month, during which thousands of writers attempt to produce 50,000 coherent words in 30 days. Last year I participated, and made very acceptable progress on the novel I’ve had in my head for over a decade. Getting my...
Celebrating Aunties
It Takes An Aunty My granddaughter’s Aunt K.K. came over to help with pumpkin carving this week. She hefted the extra-large pumpkin Bean had selected at the pumpkin patch on to our dining room/craft table and turned it around several times, looking for the best...
October: Jack-o-Lanterns, Pumpkin Pie, and a Corn Maze
The Pumpkin Patch Adventure This was the week Bean and I made our annual pilgrimage to her favorite pumpkin patch. We’ve been doing this together since she was three years old and now she’s eight and knows the routine quite well. “I’ll start...
How Fears Change as We Age
What Scares You? After I posted the blog last week showing off my new set of wheels, I received some interesting emails from friends. Some were positive, but others, mostly from readers close to my age, were some variation on these two statements: “How can you...
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