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 […]
This short story was inspired by a post on Jill Weatherholt‘s blog: http://jillweatherholt.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/is-that-really-true/. If you haven’t visited Jill’s blog yet, you should do so. Like me, Jill is a writer who has to juggle a full-time job with her passion for writing. Her posts are always entertaining, thoughtful, and generate […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
