I’ve been busy with NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), so if I forget to drop something onto the blog each day, please forgive me. I need to write 1,667 words on my, uh, novel each day to stay in the game. By Nov. 30, I should have a convoluted, crappily-written novel. Maybe the worst novel [...]
In case you don’t hear from me for a few days, it could be because…. 1) I’m tired after staying up late last night watching “The Office” marathon. I would’ve had enough “Office” sooner if there hadn’t been a stupid baseball game (12 or so innings) which preempted the shows from 7 -9 p.m. Or… [...]
Railroad Park, Alma This was a drive-by shot, so I’m not sure of the significance of the historic log cabin or why its called Railroad Park, but if you look over to the left of the cabin, there’s a cast iron caldron. We had one of those caldrons in our backyard when I was a [...]
As you can see, my mom has gotten me out of the house this week! We’ve been northeast and west, we’ve traveled a bit to the southeast. Today we’re headed south. It’s been good to get out, but traveling and exploring is not particularly easy, operating with crutches – and I’m all for ADA restrooms [...]
Thank you, you beautiful people, each and every one, for your kind responses to my previous post. Thank you for letting me know that you read this blog. That it matters to you. That you want more. You have reaffirmed my purpose here. And to the lurkers, it’s nice to know that you’ve been out [...]
This ol’ broken foot has given me time for reflection, evaluation. I’ve been looking at my life, my writing, and this blog, among other things… deciding where to put my creative time and energies. After leaving the blog empty for three days, the only one who even noticed was my mother, so maybe I should [...]
Several days ago, my friend Tracy, a writer herself, brought by a Get Well bag, which included these composition notebooks, an Etch-A Sketch pen! (wow, toy and pen in one! – and, Etch-A-Sketch= favorite childhood toy), a pack of cool foot paperclips (which appear to also have broken 5th metatarsals), scratch paper, and some yummy [...]
I’m assuming there once was a double yellow line in the middle of this street in La Cygne, but it’s long since gone. Small towns – some of them are seemingly lawless and take the Laissez-faire approach. Other towns happily write ordinances and post signs, most of which say “do not.” My hometown did not [...]
Milo was the first to claim the hypertufa bowl as a bed. Then Zorro. No one has been in it lately, but yesterday I noticed Tiger in the bowl. She wasn’t curled up sleeping , but was grooming herself. Speaking of Tiger… On Saturday, Dave said, “Tiger’s in a trap.” And I looked at her [...]
Laugh if you want to, but I love this thing, this saver-of-armpits. After my first 24 hours with crutches, I had tender crutch ruts under my arms. Each step was sheer misery. Then I remembered this contraption and asked my friend Jackie Lutz if I could borrow it. Her late mother had used this ambulatory [...]
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