After losing 100lbs following gastric sleeve/sleeve gastrectomy in November 2011. I rocked along pretty well for a few years. Since 2014 I’ve wrestled with the same 30lb regain and loss and regain and loss. Weightloss surgery does not magically eliminate the yo-yo. I haven’t “wintered well” – in livestock lingo that means put on my…
Month: March 2017
*peep*
Some of us are getting a little impatient, if not exactly desperate, for Spring to finally arrive. One sure sign for me that we’re getting there is when the lambs start showing up! I love lambikins*. Yesterday, Fergus and I stopped the buckboard by one of the old lambing barns that we pass on our…
Ready to Make Some History?
Or just some coffee? Good morning and Happy Monday! (Already?! Yes, already.) Today is the 86th day of 2017. (Already?! Yes, already.) One of my brothers finally got all of his Christmas decorations put away just this past weekend. There are buildings in my neighborhood that still have giant wreaths on them. And If you’re…
Inside the Writers Studio, Part 3 – Will MacKenzie
For today’s episode, we’re going to change it up a bit. Since our guest can be a bit prickly (read obstinate, mule-headed, unforthcoming) when it comes to answering personal questions or attempts to delve into his background, we’ve asked Kenna Campbell, MFC and star of Eden’s Fall, whom we met in part…
Gettin’ a Little on the Side
Big money! No Whammies! Ok, so it’s respectable money. Enough to not burden the family coffers for incidentals like: *Bob’s natural blonde maintenance (I need to call and reschedule that), mani-pedi days – usually in conjunction with Bob’s magical chemical concoction, shoes, booze, and oh yeah, this other little side sumpin’ sumpin’ we call writing….
It was the best of times
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it…
It’s Here! It’s Finally Here!
Spring Thunder -Mark Van Doren Listen, The wind is still, And far away in the night — See! The uplands fill With a running light. Open the doors. It is warm; And where the sky was clear– Look! The head of a storm That marches here! Come under the trembling hedge– Fast, although you fumble……
#amproofreading
I’m here to report to those of you who have been following our saga that we hit a major milestone this week. We sent the manuscript of Eden’s Fall to our Honest To God Editor. So as not to waste our editor’s time with proofreading an almost 100,000 word manuscript, I volunteered to proofread it…
HISTORY – Irish in America
The History Channel has a wonderful post today about Irish immigrants to America in the early 19th Century. When America Despised the Irish: The 19th Century’s Refugee Crisis In 2009 THIS American went to Ireland and brought back this awesome tshirt! Practically new, because I only wear in one day a year. As a…
Ow! Ow! Ow!
Me, each day as I work through the exercises to rehab my left shoulder. I am one solid month out from surgery and have been in physical therapy for two weeks already. Just another couple of months to go. At various times in my life I’ve rehabbed just about everything on this poor broken body…