Following is a bit of short of fiction that was published last year in The Paperbook Collective (Issue 7). The issue itself is available here. It contains plenty of good fiction, poetry, and photography for your reading pleasure. *** Maggie tossed the gray mess to the empty spot beside her. […]
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
Just sharing a friend’s pick-me-up that was also a pick-me-up for me 🙂 The scarf in the photo was one that I had sent to Belinda a couple of weeks ago and yesterday I was on pins and needles (pun intended) as to whether it had arrived (taking a slow […]
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I’ve been a little busy lately. First, responsibilities and obligations at my day job have increased since my bureau chief retired, and another coworker has been working less than half-time due to medical problems, and we still have a vacant position. As my supervisor noted, she and I are “doing […]
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
Usually, Friday the 13th is a lucky day for me. At least, it’s a day I don’t dread. I love black cats and I make it a point to walk under ladders, so celebrating Friday the 13th is just another way to thumb my nose at superstition. Except for this […]
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Following is an excerpt from my NaNoWriMo novel-in-progress. Maggie Reynolds, one of the three cousins in The Widows’ Club Book Four (I know, fancy title) is a knitter, like moi. I’m having her take credit for my knitting so I can take credit for the word count in this post. […]
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
As many of you know, I am a knitter. I’ve knitting for roughly the same number of years as I’ve been writing, and my writing marathons often alternate with knitting marathons. My first memory of knitting was when I was 9 when I was given a kit for a pink […]
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
I want to share a very special birthday gift from a very special person. We work together at my day job and we both love to knit and sew. She’s given me many of her “prototypes” as gifts, sometimes spur-of-the-moment gifts, sometimes for an occasion like my birthday. This is […]
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It’s been a week since I submitted my final word count to Camp NaNoWriMo and my brain still feels as empty as this great expanse of sky. I’ve written little since: mostly comments, an attempt at poetry during a downturn in my mood, and the ubiquitous note-keeping I do at […]
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes