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Category Archives: family
Health and happiness
Last week, my daughter got sick. At first, just a slight fever, headache, and chills. Wednesday evening, she agreed to just go to bed instead of eating pizza. It seemed fairly mild, so I hoped a good night’s rest would … Continue reading
Polar bears, oh my!
My daughter turns eight today, my little solstice child. She had a party yesterday, and her absolute favorite gift from the party was definitely the polar bear that’s, well, maybe not as tall as she is, but pretty big anyway. … Continue reading
The end is the beginning is the middle
End of November, end of NaNoWriMo. I didn’t win this year, but I got a nice solid 30k written, so I’m pretty happy with that. Even better, my son did it with me this year and got just over 43k. … Continue reading
An hour to myself!
I’ve been on the go since I got up at 6 — kids’ lunches, daughter to bus stop, groceries, laundry (5 or 6 loads, I lost track), a pot of beans, cleaning kitchen, copyediting, reviewing feedback, daughter from bus stop, … Continue reading
First day of school, first day of school
(title to be read in Nemo’s voice, of course) First day of school is a mixed blessing. What time I have is more free of interruptions, but I have less of it total to work. For example, the boy got … Continue reading
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Monday gratitude
Posting this rather late in the day, at least partly because I spent so much of the day feeling ungrateful and overwhelmed. I’m writing on one book, editing another, supposed to be outlining yet a third (but didn’t get to … Continue reading
Time away
You might have noticed I missed a couple of posts I’d regularly do, as well as the second issue of the newsletter for June. My family and I took some time off for summer vacation — something that we have … Continue reading
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Time with my mom
I don’t take nearly enough time to talk with my mom. I know that, stupid as it sounds, one of the reasons I don’t call her more often is because I know she won’t always be around. Any time I … Continue reading
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Books, a family obsession
Today, we went to a coffee roastery and used bookstore with my in-laws. Before I could even say the coffee held no interest for me and I would be browsing the books, our daughter exclaimed,”Books!” and made a beeline for … Continue reading
A few notes
If you get my newsletter (and read it — goodness knows those aren’t always the same thing!), you’ll know that I was taken recently with Austin Kleon‘s books. I wrote up a review of them for Vision: A Resource For … Continue reading