Searching for Direction & Purpose in Life's Sea of Opportunities
I have professed my love of BookRiot on this blog more than once. Imagine my joy when I saw that they were accepting applications for contributors: It was a Tigger-level of bouncing! The best part was that the process of throwing my hat into the ring was remarkably simple - two blog post submissions and… Continue reading The Verdict
A few months ago I had the honor of attending a friend's party she threw to celebrate her puppy's first birthday. I love the fact that when I told my coworkers about going, no one batted an eye about attending a party for a dog. It was one of those "You know you live in SoCal" type… Continue reading Four More Years
I spent the weekend camping with Ms. M. We used to go camping every year, but we stopped about a decade ago. This trip was my Christmas present to her. The trip was glorious. The weekend was unusual for us since it actually rained. Up in the mountains where we were, it was a constant… Continue reading Latest Adventure
It was during my very first year of blogging that I discovered an adaptation of the NaNoWriMo challenge. Instead of writing a novel first draft in a month, it involved writing a blog post a day for 30 days. The word counts are remarkably similar (or it would be if my posts were longer. With my… Continue reading 31 Days
Lately I have been longingly looking forward to April. I don't have anything planned for that month, but it is right after I've spent the month of March writing a blog post a day. What choices I will have then as to what to publish next! Unfortunately my cache of pre-written posts from last year are… Continue reading Break on Through to the Other Side
Thank goodness for First 50 Words and their writing prompts. That site has saved me several times when my idea well went dry. Whenever one tickles my fancy, into my blog idea folder it goes. With everything that is going on this time of year, I was so grateful to look in that folder and… Continue reading Write Today
Despite my recent blog post writing spree, I still have some holes in my calendar. I decided that I was going to challenge myself by taking part in Trifecta again. Ages ago I participated in the writing contest. My entry for that is still in my all-time top five most read blog posts on this… Continue reading Snoozing and Losing
For the past two years, I've spent the month of March writing a blog post a day. I loved getting that far ahead, as well as exercising the discipline needed to stick with it. Last year I almost didn't finish, but a funny event got me back on track. This year I knew March wouldn't work… Continue reading Lowered Expectations
I stopped cold in the middle of the shopping aisle. Something was wrong, but what? At first the silence in my mind was so subtle that I couldn't grasp its significance. Then it dawned on me: The recitation of my shopping list that had been playing on a continual loop in my mind ever since… Continue reading Subtle Silence
Anyone who has ever read this blog more than once knows that I'm a planner. I have blog posts already scheduled out for months ahead. That is not to say that the calendar is full: I simply have certain blogs that are date specific or are spread out so I don't cover the same topic… Continue reading Not a Drop
Grown Up, Now What? 