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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
The great-grandmother I know the least about is my father’s maternal grandmother, Della Phillips Jones.
In the summer of 2001, a few months before September 11, my daughter and I
December 21 is Short Girl Appreciation Day. I am a short girl—5’1” in my stocking
When I first began writing, I read lots of books on writing—many on the techniques
I saw a post recently titled “The Timeless Writing Struggle: Ego vs. Humility” by Karen
As I browsed through my digital photographs looking for something to write about, I came
One thing that surprises me as I research the settlement of the American West is
Although James Marshall found gold on the north fork of the American River in late
The theme of this blog is “One writer’s journey through life and time.” Well, then,
I recently reread my journal from December 2002, trying to find the exact dates we’d
I’ve seen several reviews of Barkskins, by Annie Proulx, that compare her book to James
In my family growing up, the tradition was to take down the Christmas tree before
On Saturday, March 2, 2019, other family members and I attended the Friends of Arrow
One of the pictures I found when I made the slide show of my mother’s
Like A Murder in Time, The Bookseller haunted me because of how the novel deals
Last Friday, March 24, I was a guest on Wayne Turmel’s blog. He introduced his
I’ve posted pictures of my mother as a child (see here and here) and others