Writing and Visual Arts
Yes, Virginia, there is a connection.There are those who wonder why I mess around with glue and paper at all, when I can command significant money for spending the same amount of time writing. A logical question, I suppose, but painfully obvious to the terminally...
A Gloriously Messy Weekend
Glue everywhere. Bits of colorful paper. Inkjet transparencies. Oh, I was in my ATC making element this weekend, all right. I don't get a cut from any of these people, but in case you're interested in my favorite suppliers for artistic reasons of your own, here they...
Chatter from Spokane
It is DEFINITELY spring! It hasn't snowed in--oh--three days? :)I went to lunch with my cousin, Kathy Bannon, yesterday. It's always good to see Kathy.And I was down 5.2 pounds at Weight Watchers last night! Yeehaw! Of course that was two weeks' worth--I missed last...
Back in the Saddle Again
Phew. Yesterday was weird. I thought I was coming down with a virus, but now, since I feel so much better (I slept most of the day, with Sadie and Bernice 'standing' guard), I figure I just hit a wall. I work pretty hard, and I guess sometimes I run the tank too low....
On Sick Leave
Apparently, that virus I've been dodging has finally caught up with me. Although I still hope to write, in small increments, I'm headed for bed. I've got a big trip to London coming up soon, with Sister Sally, and I want to enjoy every minute of it.So, it's off to bed...
A Day to Do Quiet Things
I'll be writing today--and that's usually a 'quiet thing'--except in the westerns, when there is a lot of shooting going on. :)I seem to be a touch under the weather, so I plan to take it easy. No runs to Michael's, Wal-Mart, Spokane Art Supply or the casino.I did...
The Promised Report
Home again, home again, jiggetty-jog!(For you younger readers, that's a play on a VERY old nursery rhyme. :))At 4:30 Wednesday morning, my favorite driver, Tom, from Ambassador, picked me up at the house. It was still dark out, of course, and unlike last time, the...
Praise Be!
The SUN is shining! After heavy snow flurries yesterday, spring appears to be here. Thank heaven.I wrote a chapter yesterday, and it was a thrilling experience, distracting me from the nasty weather. On to the dentist's office when I finished--for what the dentist and...
VISION
It has been SNOWING for the past hour or so. The flakes have stopped coming down, but the draw I overlook as I write this is dusted with white.Did you watch the HBO mini-series, "John Adams"? I did, and I loved it. Oh, for more material of this quality on television!...
April 18
This is my future son-in-law Jeremy's birthday. Happiest of happies, sweetheart.It is also the anniversary, as legend has it anyway, of Paul Revere's famous ride. "The British are coming! The British are coming!"I think somebody ought to warn Britain, this time. My...
More Ramblings
Another sunny day! It's a GIFT. Believe me, over this long winter, I have developed a new appreciation for sunshine. :)What a wonderful writing day I had yesterday. Although it is emotionally rugged sometimes, going through everything my characters go through, right...
Ramblings
Today, the draw is bathed in sunlight, and the needles of the big pines are glimmering with traces of gold. I'm seeing more deer, and more birds. Perhaps the moose will stop by one day soon. When I was very young, there wasn't a moose this side of the Canadian...