After a three day backpacking trip over the 4th of July weekend, my husband and I took a break from…
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- Backpacking
- Biking
- Books
- Cambridge
- Cats
- Challenge
- Chicago
- Cleaning
- Crafts
- Daily Journal
- Day Job
- Electronics
- Essay
- Fandom
- Fantasy
- Fiction
- Fitness
- Flute
- Food
- Fool
- Goals
- Grief
- Gym
- Hair
- Headaches
- Health
- History
- Hockey
- Home
- House
- IBS
- Judging
- Languages
- Monsters
- Music
- Nominee Project
- Pain
- Philosophy
- Photos
- Poetry
- Political
- Publishing
- Race
- Ritual
- Romance
- School
- SciFi
- Snark Alert
- Social
- Song
- Sports
- the stroke
- Travel
- Upper Country Singers
- Video
- Website
- Whine
- Wilderness
- Work
- Writing
Hefafu, or, Why Won’t Men Just Ask for Directions?
When Ambrose and I were hiking to the start of the trail to Scenic Lake in the Sawtooth Wilderness, we…
Continue ReadingNominee Project Cancelled
In an effort to read more contemporary science fiction, I tried reading the Hugo award nominees for the last two…
Continue ReadingBlackhawks Win! But Who Was Watching?
First, congratulations Blackhawks, 2015 Stanley Cup Champions and Bettman dubbed Dynasty. Now to business: as my Blackhawks have progressed this…
Continue ReadingA Novel Realized
Back in April, I promised that I would publish my novel after letting at least one more trusted reader go…
Continue ReadingBurden of Proof
When my husband and I drive out to the woods, we do not go completely unprepared for the kinds of…
Continue ReadingTaking a Swing at Fear
Of all the pieces that I read in Smith’s Monthly #3, I learned the most from the one I expected…
Continue ReadingAuthor Encounter: Dean Wesley Smith
I’ll admit I was a bit upset when I realized that my weekend plans were already set before I found…
Continue ReadingNot Really a Pep Talk
I haven’t written much fiction so far this year. Okay, more like any fiction… No, that’s not fair. I started…
Continue ReadingFinding Our Giants Project
Back in January I wrote about the digital project option that was offered for my Women Writers class. At the…
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