A few years ago I decided to put my stories together into a collection. I pulled them out, lined them up, read the whole thing and walked away ( Read more... )

I wrote a story yesterday. A whole story. It was short, about ten pages. Possibly not any good either, though I won't know for a while. I planned to set it aside at least until today but my Beloved Mentor suggested (insisted would be the more accurate verb) that I put it away until September 10th. Which would be a week, I guess. Two weeks seems ( Read more... )

1. I applied for a teaching job.The sad thing is that this constitutes a big deal for me. I had to write a CV! And some of the stuff I poured onto the page went back a VERY long way. College publications? High school awards? Let us look away quickly. But I had to do it. I want to teach a workshop and by the time I finished writing the CV I was ( Read more... )

IS it a coincidence?  Quitting Facebook and starting to dream again ( Read more... )

Maybe, just maybe, I have lost years of my life to Facebook.  I started thinking about a post I made about Sarah Palin which offended a friend of mine.  Sarah Palin ... that was four years ago.  Have I been on Facebook for two election cycles?  Is that possible ( Read more... )

I haven't posted about Facebook in a while but I have, in fact, been maintaining a Facebook fast.  After the first few grueling days of withdrawal it got much easier.  I did this thing where I'd log in several times a day to see what I was missing -- and then I'd deactivate my account.  Not simply log out, no.  I deactivated.  Every day.  Sometimes ( Read more... )

A big discussion with a girlfriend about Facebook yesterday.  She said something like, why do we bother getting all up in arms over things that strangers say ( Read more... )

So today is supposed to be the beginning.  Kids back to school and now I am to get serious.  It occurs to me that maybe I scoped things a bit too wide.  Get fit, finish book, read everything ( Read more... )

2011 was not a good year, I want to say, and I'm glad to put a stake in its fibrous little heart.  But that's not entirely true.  Seen in a different light, apart from the losses I suffered (two! in six months!), it was a fine year.  My kids are thriving, we are all in good health, my husband has work.  We have heat, we have food.  We have hope, ( Read more... )

Ha! Was just looking over chiller's meme again and noticed that final question, Tell us a secret.  I didn't think I had one.  Then I thought of several too serious to post.  But now!  Aha! I shall unburden myself to you, O interbets, by saying that I threw away a Christmas card from a friend who has injured me.  Threw it right out!

What do you mean, so ( Read more... )