According to Duolingo, I’m 52% fluent in Spanish, after about 75 days of hard work. I wasn’t starting from zero…
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The Resolutionists
I’m sure that every gym has them in January. Those fresh-faced gym-goers, brushing dust from sneakers that have languished since…
Continue ReadingFiction Perspectives
I did not intend to take the class that I’m taking this semester. The class that I wanted to take…
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Well, it took a little longer than I thought it would, especially considering I had the text mostly finished early…
Continue ReadingEnough of That!
This year, I feel comfortable enough with the process of printing books through Createspace, to take a risk. I will…
Continue ReadingBook Progress: The Nitty Gritty
I had already chosen the photos that I wanted to use for the next Hike with Me book. All I…
Continue ReadingIllness and Impatience
I’ve been fighting one of those lingering chest colds for what feels like months now. To be honest, it’s probably…
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I’d stopped checking on the word count a while ago, but when I copied the text into my Word template,…
Continue ReadingClass Is Over: Time to Get to Work
My class is done with for the semester, but I am finding that I have more than enough work to…
Continue ReadingUnexpected Effectiveness
Today in class we took turns reading excerpts from our portfolio essays. I didn’t read mine. I hadn’t had a…
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