Friday night. Waiting for Rachael and Ariel to bring Luna back from their dinner together, “a date,” Rachael called it for the three of them. Luna spent the day with Grandma and Grandpa and is also spending the night because her mother Sarah has returned to work in her family medicine residency program and is…
Month: April 2016
Tired After a Good Day
I have been working all day today. I had students all morning and afternoon and then spent this evening communicating with students in my Story Circle Network online “Flash Fiction/Flash Memoir” class and also trading emails with potential teachers for the SCN Online Class program. I wrapped up the evening by finishing up a recommendation…
Repost: Great Quotes on Writing from Brenda Ueland
I have been reading several books in preparation for my presentation at Story Circle Network’s “Stories of the Heart” memoir conference coming up in Austin in a couple of weeks. One is If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland. This is considered by many to be one of the very best books on writing…
Happy 3rd Birthday, Sweet Luna
Today is my beloved granddaughter Luna’s 3rd birthday. We are officially celebrating on Sunday, but I wanted to reflect for a moment on the presence of this child in my life. Since Luna is my first grandchild, I certainly didn’t know what to expect. I thought, of course, that I would love her and have…
Visit in Salt Lake City
We are in Salt Lake City visiting my sister Leslie’s son Jim, his wife, Karri, and their kids, Eli and Sophie. We also hope to see Leslie’s daughter Kevin and her husband Scott while we are here for this short visit. We went for a hike today, then to the U of Utah Utes baseball…
Blog Milestone: 125,000+ Views! Thank you, Readers.
I have been waiting to hit 125,000 views so that I could celebrate your support of my blog, my friends. Today, I have 125, 433 views of the 1530 posts I’ve written since I began blogging daily back in 2011. I have had over 65,000 visitors to my blog and over 4, 000 comments. I…
20 Minutes a Day 