A writer’s ideas: not scarce, but fleeting
Last week I quoted Virginia Woolf’s statement about women writers. I did so with only the most cursory of Google look-ups to get the quote correct, and I confess I had not read the entire essay from which the quotation was taken. My curiosity got the better of me, though, and I did finally go [...]
Family health issues take a downturn this week
It has been a tough week in the “senior living journey” department. I have been waiting to hear from our assisted living community with a move-in date (we are getting closer!), but in the meantime, Dad had a relapse of sorts this past week that has left me reeling a bit. I received a call [...]
I feel like crap and look even worse - or - which part of “Walking is good for you” do I not understand?
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. This winter, we were finally going to make use of the treadmill we’ve owned for the past 10 years. Coming off a summer and fall where we regularly walked 1-3 miles a day, we thought we were motivated. And, I’m sure “ye olde mill” was looking forward to [...]
Link Round-Up, March 11
Larry and Jan both ask, “what are the places on your bucket list?” I mentioned to Larry in his comments that mine included Bedfordshire, England, Parker’s Cross Roads, Tennessee, and Summerville, Kansas. These are all genealogy-related. I would also like visit the college my daughter attends on her graduation day, wherever that may be… and [...]
Tom Bedell retires from Pure Fishing
Tom Bedell’s official retirement from Pure Fishing, the company founded by his father, gave me a moment of pause this week. I met Tom and his parents in 2005 while producing a biographical video for the Iowa Business Hall of Fame, and the story of Pure Fishing is surely one of Iowa’s most endearing business [...]
A room… er, desk… of one’s own
Virginia Woolf once noted, “…a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is going to write.”
Well this weekend, while I couldn’t really justify taking an entire room, I did the next best thing: I cleared the end of my bedroom where all the clutter gets stored and made room for [...]
Surprised by my own post
Here’s something interesting that happened to me last week. Several weeks ago, I wrote a sort-of emotional post about taking more time to nurture my “writer within.” I almost published it immediately, but then decided for some reason to wait on it. I had gotten a little emotional writing it, and I wondered if it [...]
-
Get Updates!
-- OR --
-
