MURDER IN F MINOR has beaten me. I can’t write it. I am not a mystery writer… at least not right now.
When I first started writing MFM, as it became called, I was having a great time. My main character, Isabelle, had this Carole Lombard-esque quality about her and was a blast to write. The [...]
I don’t think it’s a secret the fact that I’m a big-time Anglophile. I mean, come on. My favorite band is a toss-up between Queen and the Beatles, most of my favorite actors are English, and it was the first accent I attempted when doing community theater a hundred years ago. (Don’t ask me to [...]
Yes! It’s every parent’s dream day - school started this morning. I have a second grader, a fourth grader, and a sixth grader who just started middle school this morning.
Okay. THAT made me feel old.
So I hope life will be calming down to regular schedules and kids away from home for 6 hours a day. [...]
I’m starting my eighth year at my job at an educational cooperative, or the Co-op as we call it. There have been a lot of rough times, and a lot of good times. The best part is we’re a little family all our own, especially under the current boss. The former boss - well, life [...]
It’s carpal tunnel, alright. Accompanied by bursitis in the same shoulder. Couple that with the lovely rejection letter I received today, and I’m just freaking hunky dory.
On the upside, no more home improvement blogs for awhile.
Cool bloggy contest over at 5 minutes for mom. Go there and register, if you like. You could win a big old TV, if you have better luck than I do. My dad is the contest guy. He’s always winning contests. Over the years, he’s won countless concert tickets, a TV, and a million little [...]
The basement is all but done, and I swear I’ll post pictures. But I still have to go through boxes of stuff we just threw together to save from the water back in May. Still, it’s great that the kids can hang out and play PlayStation down there. Saving my sanity! The carpet for the [...]
