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Monthly Archives: November 2011
I Don’t Get It, Part 2
A couple of months ago I posted a blog entry entitled “I Don’t Get It, I Don’t Get It.” I think this will continue to be a theme I will return to over and over again as more things come … Continue reading
It’s That Time of Year Again
Yes, it’s time for the dreaded Christmas letter. When I was still working (with a paying job, I mean), my husband was always the one who wrote the Christmas letter. That was fine with me because I’m not fond of … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging
Tagged Christmas, Christmas card, family, Holiday, home, humor, life, marriage, opinion, personal, relationships
36 Comments
I’m In a Foreign Land, So Forgive My Silence
My husband and I have been staying at a lovely bed and breakfast in a foreign land, and I’ve been too busy to write. Every morning we are awoken before dawn as the aromas of fresh brewing coffee, sausages, and … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging
Tagged family, home, life, motherhood, NaNoWriMo, parenting, personal, relationships, Thanksgiving, women
29 Comments
Funny What Triggers Memories
This week I reorganized the kitchen cabinet that held all my zip-lock bags, aluminum foil, and food wraps. I found a box of waxed paper I must have bought three years ago when we moved here. I decided to use … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging
Tagged home, life, memories, NaNoWriMo, nostalgia, personal, Wax paper, Wonder Bread
31 Comments
Dead As a Door-nail
We spent this past weekend at my brother and sister-in-law’s near Richmond, and both Saturday and Sunday, we watched as vultures gathered on a dead tree in my brother’s back yard. In a house filled with old people, that’s not … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging
Tagged Charles Dickens, fiction, humor, life, NaNoWriMo, Novel, personal, Writing
35 Comments
The Flower Begins to Blossom
Once a week I help a young Vietnamese woman learn English. She comes to my house, and we work and talk for nearly two hours every Wednesday afternoon. She has been in this country for two years now, but since … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging
Tagged Education, learning, learning a language, life, Pangaea, personal, relationships, Viet Nam, Vietnamese
24 Comments
Do We Have To Do This Now?
I hate confrontation. My family knows that about me, and I’m pretty sure most, if not all, of my friends do, too. I especially hate confrontation when it involves people I care about. I’m not usually one to air my … Continue reading
More Windows and a Progress Report
It is nearly 10 A.M. and I’ve yet to start on my novel today, so I’m not expecting a big word count. Yesterday I managed to get 4, 235 words written, though, for a grand total of 25, 959. That … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Windows
Yesterday was a good writing day. I managed to get 5,049 words down and now have a grand total of 21, 717. Lots to do today, like try to at least make the downstairs livable (I’ll settle for just making … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging, pictures
Tagged Cape Henry Light, New York, New York City, Photograph, photography, Pictures, Virginia Beach, weekly photo challenge
32 Comments
From Dust Thou Art
I really wanted to work on my novel this weekend. I had a very good day on Friday, writing 5,652 words, but since I am well aware of all the commitments facing me over the next few weeks, I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Just Blogging
Tagged aging, family, home, housework, humor, life, motherhood, NaNoWriMo, personal, women
26 Comments