Good morning and Happy Monday! Question: is today a national dog holiday about which I am completely unaware? I left my apartment, took my same route and got on the subway, just as I do every workday. Today, however, it seemed like there were even more dogs out and about than usual at that…
Month: January 2017
#amwriting – Secondary Characters
Treat all your secondary characters like they think the book’s about them. ~Jocelyn Hughes When we first started I didn’t fully understand this truism. I feared secondary characters would overwhelm the story, like wearing too many accessories, you lose the dress. Lesson learned! Would Aladdin have been the same without Abu the Monkey or Carpet?…
Fitness Friday
Kind of…. We are trying though right? Smoothies and fitness plans and active wear! *pauses to wonder which surface the fit bit is actually resting upon at this moment* SABOTEUR!! SABOTEUR!! NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CAKE DAY!! “Fitness” suddenly has a whole new definition….. I joke about fitness and cake, because these are personal challenges. It doesn’t matter…
Boundaries
Yours. And mine. As a blogger, one who searches for ways to engage with you on various levels and topics, I sometimes struggle with how much information is too much to share. I hope you’ll relate to me and what I’m doing, understand my values if not the details of whatever belief…
Laughter, the Best Medicine
Good morning and Happy Monday! *raspberries* Not to be confused with these raspberries and especially not these Raspberries I’m in a mood. Just what kind of a mood, I couldn’t exactly say. But I am certain it can only be helped by cute baby animals and cute baby humans sheer lunacy! This is one of…
“Foolish Notion” – part 4
Please enjoy part four of “Foolish Notion”. Parts 1, 2, and 3 can be found at the links. Caution this post contains adult content. **** Big Bill was keeping Streak on a short leash. He kept him busy with “errands” and odd jobs all while dangling the carrot of more responsibility, even his own…
Inauguration Day in the USA
EPIC exercising of our First Amendment Right to Free Speech today on American streets and Social Media. No matter how we feel about the participants, these are historic moments in this still very young Republic. A wise friend posted this today, We must remember (and put things into perspective) : today, we are fortunate…
Kale!
After the holidays, I decided I was feeling a little, oh, I don’t know… peaked isn’t quite the right word. You know how you feel when you’ve over-indulged in too much rich food, too many glasses of wine and, just possibly, a bit more “enriched” eggnog than is absolutely necessary? No, hangover isn’t the right…
A Day to Celebrate the Dreamer and the Dream
Good morning and Happy Monday! Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Gotta love Monday holidays. I have to make the most of this one. After all of the hubbub of the holiday season, I won’t get another weekday off until Good Friday. (We here at Boston College don’t get President’s Day. I can’t complain though,…
#amwriting … some more
For those of you who have been watching closely, you will know that we have finally produced, after a really long gestation period, the first of three manuscripts in our planned series – Eden’s Fall. In draft, of course – we are hoping to have it ready for publishing in June 2017. You know how…