You guys, I have to tell you what I've been up to.

Well, I don't have to, but I'm going to anyhow. If you're interested, of course.

Here's my timeline:

On Friday, I posted my sestina with the Poetry Princesses here, if you didn't get a chance to read it.

On Saturday morning, I drove into Philadelphia to have lunch with lovely friend (and ( Read more... )

Can it be otherwise, when it is sunny and mild outside, the dogwood and azalea are in bloom, and there's banana chocolate chip bread in the oven? I think not ( Read more... )

First, remember that you're going to be judged on the whole package.Coldplay certainly does. They had it all - bells (literally) and whistles (figurative, in the form of confetti cannons, lasers, large bouncing balls, inflatable whatsits, and light-up bracelets for members of the audience), as well as rock solid content. The music was phenomenal - ( Read more... )

Intrepid friend Lisa invited me on an outing to see the Smithereens in concert - it was a free lunchtime concert sponsored by WXPN, a local NPR station. To be honest, I hadn't listened to them since the 80s, although I really loved their songs "Blood & Roses" and "Behind the Wall of Sleep" back in the day ( Read more... )

Last night, I went to a concert in Philadelphia with M and my intrepid friend, Lisa. We saw Foster the People in concert (high energy from start to finish, fantabulous music and stagecraft, and made of all-around win!) and their opening band, Gardens and Villa (whose album I will be purchasing when it goes on sale next week - they were also most ( Read more... )

We all know how to do research, right? You sit down with a computer or with a book and you read and take notes ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a flurry of activity as I ran a variety of errands relating to S's upcoming prom (a fitting), M's then-upcoming evening (a sweet 16 party for a friend of hers, which required a few purchases), and shopping for my trip to New Hampshire, whence I am now writing this blog post ( Read more... )

Holy cow, folks. My calendar is looking chock full of fun between now and the end of May. And lucky girl that I am, I'm going to be seeing a bunch of you between now and then. Here's some of the fun stuff I've got planned:

1. A writing retreat in Connecticut this weekend with Angela De Groot (angeladegroot), Amanda Marrone, Ammi-Joan Paquette, Susan Colebank ( Read more... )

In light of yesterday's sorrow, I'm looking things over and finding five good things to list ( Read more... )

Is there any bliss equal to that of finishing the first draft of a chapter that managed to get stalled, derailed and/or otherwise take foreffingever to write? I think not ( Read more... )