Category Archives: lists

Books I’ve Read In December

(So this is an incomplete list – let’s say it begins a week before Christmas.) GOOD OMENS by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (Armageddon and British humor – very funny, perfect style. A little language. 1 instance of Big language. Snort. Snicker. Re-read.) THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER by Barbara Robinson (After we finished A...

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And then the Good Things I’m not so good at…

Did I say I’d come back tomorrow? Oh, well. There’s the first one. I’m not really that good at blogging every day. Or exercising every day. Or meeting those writing goals I’m so fond of making. Or avoiding butter. Reading books slowly. Writing thank you cards. Waiting 24 hours before spending the paycheck (on frivolities...

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Numbers Today

4: Miles I jogged today 15: Miles I’ve jogged this month 0: Miles I jogged pre-July this year (I know, right?) 40: Single-spaced pages I’ve rewritten through on the WIP 1: Basketball-game scene that needs finishing 3.5: Hours spent at the lake yesterday 60: Siblings, in-law siblings, parents and kids gathering this weekend for Family...

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A List

So yesterday afternoon while I was mowing the lawn sans iPod, I had brilliant blog-post ideas. They were flowing. Funny ideas, insightful ones, serious and ridiculous ones. Um, gone. This is why real writers keep notebooks or carry cards – like those white index cards. Husband does. Unlined 3x5s are his favorites, and he always...

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