Blogging as a Form of Journaling

by | Mar 23, 2015 | WIP, writing, writing process

I was feeling pretty low this weekend, uninspired and uncreative. I’m working on a first draft of something, and it’s really rough. I also didn’t feel like blogging. So I decided to cheat and look back in my files for something I could recycle. I...

Erasing the Past

by | Mar 11, 2015 | history

Two news articles caught my interest last week. The first was about the discovery of a pair of lost cities in the Honduras jungle. The other was about ISIS bulldozing and smashing artifacts in the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud. One case of obsessed extremists...

Birds in the Snowstorm

by | Mar 9, 2015 | Uncategorized

While much of the northeast has been buried in snow all winter, my little corner of southeast Pennsylvania has missed most of the accumulation. Granted, we’ve had cold temperatures, freezing rain, and even “freezing fog,” which was a new one for me!...

Dressed Up

by | Mar 4, 2015 | Uncategorized

  On Saturday afternoon, I walked into the living room, and my daughter Gabbey said, “Whoa, Mom. You’re all dressed up. Where are you going?” For a moment, I stared at her in puzzlement. Then I looked myself over, from the bottom up: sneakers, white anklet socks,...