Luna and Grandma’s Day

Today I had the pleasure of a full day with granddaughter Luna while Sarah went off to her first interview for a residency in Family Medicine. While Mama was gone, Luna kept Grandmother busy. Here’s a little of what we did : Needless to say, I had a great day.  Sarah came back to find…

Prompt: Body Part Neurosis

I have an obsession about my upper arms. I am not proud of this. I have this idea that the fat on my arms just screams out, “Notice me,” whenever I wear a sleeveless top, which is never since I don’t want to see people trail their eyes from my face down to those upper…

Learning Styles: Which One Do You Favor?

I was thinking about how people perceive the world through sight, sound and physical interactivity and how much camaraderie versus disconnection occurs with mutual or different sensory experiences. For example, my husband, Ray, is hyper-visual and he notices all sorts of details – good and bad – in his surroundings. He might note how one…

The Joy of Buying and Selling

Ray has been teaching me how to post antique items on eBay for sale. This is something he’s been doing for a while and something that I have not been doing at all. It is ironic in a way since I’m the one who sits at a computer all the time and is writing or…

All Souls’ Day

Today was All Soul’s Day. I served in church at the 8 am Mass and listened as the names of people who have died and been recorded in our parish’s Chantery Book were read out for the months of January through April. We were having three Masses so each time four months worth of names…

Just Accepted as a SCN National Writing Conference Presenter!

I am happy to announce that I will be a workshop presenter at Story Circle Network’s National Memoir Conference entitled “Stories of the Heart VII” in Austin April 11 – 13, 2014. I just received my notification yesterday that my proposal was accepted for an hour and a half workshop entitled, “How Writing 20 Minutes…