Before I do anything else, I want and need to thank the scores of people who sent healing hugs, thoughts, light, and prayers over these past few weeks since my brother was moved from nursing home, to hospital, to a surgery floor, then ICU, and then into hospice. I know the love you send to […]
Boomer Blogging Bog-down
Women have chronicled family history, recorded life events, written diaries, and journaled for all the centuries since writing became feasible through technological advancements. We still do, but for some of us this is just what we do, we write no matter what the limitations of our access to technology, there are lots of options when […]
A is for April and an Abject Attitude
I have not been able to figure out what is going on with me lately. I cannot write, or concentrate, or work. I start wonderful pieces of writing and then lose interest and decide to take a nap. I got off track after successfully getting on track a few weeks ago when I deviated from […]
Memoir, Abuse, and Perspective
Two pieces of writing crossed my field of view before I was fully awake today. The first piece was from the New York Times but it was brought to my attention through a writer-friend on Facebook. The NYT article, When Writers Expose the Dead, is about writing memoir. The second piece is The Homeschool Apostates […]
Concerned Women of the U.S. – A 3 Step Manifesto
I don’t often give advice. I speak my mind fairly often and sometimes rather loudly, but I don’t usually tell people what to do, and most of the time when I am angered, it is from someone telling me what to do or trying to force their will on me. So, when I suggest actions […]
Everything Old Is New Again… Like Measles. Part 3
ONCE A COMMON DANGER When I was young measles was one of the “childhood diseases” that every person seemed to get sooner or later. For me it was later and I remember having a very nasty couple of weeks with it in the 7th or 8th grade. There was a distinct scent associated with the […]