So Write

So Write

Jun 17, 2023 | Memoir, Writing Life

I’ve made no progress on Chasing After Rainbows. Truthfully, I’ve been focusing so much on everything for the surgery that I feel creatively inept. I sincerely hope that changes after the surgery, though, because I’ve still got a lot to do to even have my first draft...
Write Now (Writing Update)

Write Now (Writing Update)

Jun 10, 2023 | Writing Life

A few weeks ago, I had the honor and privilege of hanging out in Logan County, WV, with some of the most talented ladies I know, the other members of the 7:00 A.M. Writing Group that I sometimes get myself out of bed and to through Zoom. (They let me keep coming, even...
Footloose

Footloose

Jun 10, 2023 | Memoir

Last August, I picked up free tickets to a show at the Barter Theatre through a silent auction for Sullivan County Imagination Library. Russ is not a huge live theater fan, whereas I could go every week and love it. Still, I thought that something might come along...
Upcoming Surgery

Upcoming Surgery

May 21, 2023 | Uncategorized

Last Fall, I came to a decision: something in my life had to change. In fact, maybe a lot of things in my life had to change. I was in physical therapy for my right ankle, after turning it in some wet grass on a hillside while walking out to Rupert last April. And I...
Surreal Childhoods

Surreal Childhoods

Apr 25, 2023 | Memoir

I was awakened this afternoon by a Facebook call from one of my cousins. I hadn’t heard his voice in several years, not since Mom passed away, five years ago this coming week. “Remember when I lived in that tent? How old was I? I can’t remember.”  He said that his new...
Writing Update

Writing Update

Apr 25, 2023 | Writing Life

Spring! The flowers are blooming, and the trees have budded. It is high allergy season, and my eyes and nose are feeling it. Know what else Spring is? It’s time for lots of writing contest deadlines, conferences, and retreats. While I could live without the fine layer...