Sharing some news…
I’m excited to share some news. The Secrets Widows Keep got a shout-out in Elle magazine’s online Shelf Life column this morning. Diana Gabaldon included it on her ‘Picks’ list as the book that made her weep uncontrollably. I’m overwhelmed and wanted to share my overwhelmed-ness with the people who gave me the confidence to keep putting […]
2 birds/1 stone
I’m still knee deep in old stories and memories and trying to stay the course with this project. I find it easy to lose my focus and shelve things when other stuff looks more exciting and what I’m working on starts to feel like actual work. (In an effort to keep my momentum and not […]
Remembering
Remembrance Day always gives me pause – it’s supposed to. I have no actual memories of what I’m remembering but my parents did and they used to remember in vivid detail – especially on Remembrance Day. My Dad was seventeen when he enlisted in the Navy – World War Two was well underway. He was […]
Just checking in…
I’m just touching base lest you think I’ve disappeared. I’m totally immersed in my Storyworth project – I’ve actually been writing up a storm – memories are showing up in an odd order and I try to grab them while they’re here. Here is a short snippet: The Rambler Everyone has a most-embarrassing-moment-ever moment in […]
Sports-ing
I was never a sportsy kid – I didn’t play sports, I didn’t watch sports, I didn’t care about sports – sports-ing was for other kids, keeners. But all that changed once I had kids of my own. My children inherited their father’s natural co-ordination and balance, they were good at any sport they chose to […]
Serendipity
I’ve been focused on my Storyworth project for a few weeks. I’ve spent a lot of time drenched in memories of my mom and dad and walking on a virgin prairie. I’ve been listening to imagined conversations and revisiting places that don’t exist anymore. Progress and time have claimed many things from my past and I’m beginning to […]
Touching Base
It seems the moment I closed the book on ‘The Secrets Widows Keep’ a creative window opened – I shipped The Secrets off and new stories drifted into focus. You wouldn’t guess it from the blog – it’s been totally neglected – but my Storyworth project is back in business and I’ve been lost in it […]
3’s a Breeze – A Pox Upon the House
Upstairs: In sickness and in health Approximately 36 hours ago my mother-in-law (MIL) started to come down with a cold. It had the usual markers of a seasonal cold; cough, sneezing, sinus congestion, etc. Although she is living upstairs with us right now, she has tried to keep her germiness to herself. Alas, this morning […]
3’s a Breeze – Down is Up and Upstairs is ….
Downstairs The long awaited renovation of Downstairs has finally begun. My place is getting a facelift – a wall has been removed, the ceiling came down, and a door has been relocated – it currently looks like a bomb went off in my once almost tidy house. I have been reassured we are at the darkest before […]
A quick favor
A salesperson I am not but setting The Secrets Widows Keep loose on the world is prompting me to do something I’ve never done before – I’d like to ask for some help with the distribution of the story. A person does not have to have purchased the book to leave a review of it […]