by DianneSalerni | Feb 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
End of the Trimester Grading + Copy-Editing for The Inquisitor’s Mark due Monday + Daughter’s Middle School Musical this Weekend = No actual blog post for today.It also explains why I haven’t been to visit you at your blogs.I’ll be back next...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Earl Hickey knows about Karma.A few years back I posted about unpleasant and rude people getting what they deserved on an airplane. I’ve got another story to share, although this one’s from my husband.Bob travels a lot for work, and yes, sometimes airplane travel is...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Most of our community was without power, but thank heavensthe local Asian fusion place with the awesome sushihad electricity! Phew!Last week was my spring break. And a little bit of my summer.We lost all but 0.75 of a workday, which was Tuesday, I think. (It’s...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
My daughter’s friend Rachel recently launched her own artistic design business. Pretty ambitious for a high school student, huh? Her dream is to someday work in Disney Animation Studios, and as she prepares for college, she’s working on expanding her...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
I started In High Spirits on January 8, 2010 with a post called Optimism in a New Decade. It was just a few months before the release of We Hear the Dead, and WAY too late to build a platform of readers before a book launch – but I didn’t know that at the time! For a...
by DianneSalerni | Dec 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
How many times have you been asked that question? For me, it’s like once a month.I will usually spend some time talking to the person about how they should blog and use the internet for resources. Sometimes I will suggest they join an online group of writers to...
