If you clicked on the title expecting something about college basketball, I apologize. As much as I love basketball (three of my four kids played competitively in high school) I don’t follow the March playdowns. My March Madness stems from insight gained at a recent writer’s meeting seminar. Almost every month, the writer’s group I …
Category: change
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Jan 04
And then there are grandmas.
There are grandmas. And then there are grandmas. My maternal grandmother was of the latter variety. Soft in all the right places, gentle, quiet, she was the rock of the family. I loved her dearly. To me, she was Mum-mum, my name for her from the time I was toddler and she used to look …
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Feb 10
Saturated
I’ve been scarce lately. Online, that is. My family still finds me routinely annoying in person, but fortunately they love me enough to pretend I’m interesting. Interesting. I’ve been musing that word for a while now, as it is in essence the reason I’ve been avoiding social media for months. I no longer find it …
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Sep 20
Platters of Memories…
Today’s been a busy day. Hub’s returned from hunting with a ton of dirty laundry, and we’ve decided to sell the camper, which means a complete unloading of all contents. All contents. Complete. This led to a complete reorganization of my house. There is a lot more in a 9′ camper than one might believe. …
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Jan 10
In Praise of Jimmy
I spoke to a former co-worker today when I called my former place of employment with a concern regarding a recent bill. She sounded so happy when she realized who I was, and stated she had been thinking of me of late, wishing I and a few others who also left the company still worked there, because then “I know …
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Jan 07
Tuesday Wisdom
You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb So true. Deborah
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Sep 14
Celebrate Friday
Celebrate the Small Things Friday! I’ve been MIA most of the summer, busy with daughter’s wedding, multiple long road trips, and attempting to sell the house, the first of which came to a successful and oh, so wonderful conclusion–I have an awesome son-in-law!; the second plum wore me out; and the latter proved less than successful. And yet I’m …
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Jun 14
The Hard Way
My first novel, Everything That Matters, is in the competent hands of a BETA reader, but that does not mean I am resting on my laurels, or lounging by the pool (if I had one) sipping Electric Lemonade (mix me one?). No, I am hard at work on ETM’s sequel, All That Matters, and when …
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Apr 18
P is for Pickle Jar
My first day in Crim 105, otherwise known as Psychological Explanations of Crime, the professor asked us to describe our “profile” of a criminal, in particular, a murderer. The descriptions varied from tattooed gangster, to child molester, assaultive stepfather, car-jackin’ junkie, and accident-causing drunk driver. Our professor smiled and nodded with each—predictable—presumption, and then she …
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Apr 12
K is for Kismet
K is today’s A to Z Challenge letter, and today’s theme: Kismet. From Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary: Kismet (kis´met, -met, kis´-), n, fate; destiny. Also, kismat (kiz´mət, kis´-), [1840-50; Turk, Pers qismat, Ar qismahdivision, portion, lot, fate, akin to qasamato divide]. Kismet, as a word, has existed since the mid-19thcentury; I suspect kismet as a …
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