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My Thoughts on Finishing Another First Draft
This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this
May 20, 2026
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This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this
One of the presents I gave my three-year-old granddaughter for her sister’s birthday earlier this
As I’ve written before, when my daughter was born I thought she was the “icing
Most of my photos are now packed away in boxes and would be difficult to
My granddaughter paid me a visit this past weekend (with her parents), so I haven’t
Last year in November I posted about my progress on NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month),
The house we moved into when I was six and a half, in October 1962,
Another year has begun, and with it another round of birthdays. And another round of
Despite an early exposure to ironing (Santa left me an ironing board when I was
The other evening my husband pulled an old throw out of the closet and settled
I’ve mentioned the grueling Barlow Road around the south slope of Mt. Hood before. Barlow
As my children were growing up, I told them frequently, “You have to make choices
A couple of weeks ago a friend told me about her family’s experience setting up
As I announced in my newsletter on November 19, Safe Thus Far is now available
I’ve written other posts this year about jewelry I received from my maternal grandmother—earrings she
I hate the weeks leading up to April 15 when I have to prepare and
I’ve never been a bird watcher. I don’t really care about counting the number of
On a recent trip to Seattle, I took some time to go to the Amazon
One of the joys of writing is getting feedback from readers. Of course, the feedback
I’ve been making lists since long before I could write. When I was a toddler,
I envied my children as they were growing up—they were close with two of their