“Grandmommy,” one of my baby grands would say when telling me a story while playing with my dollhouse. “Grandmommy, the girl goes in the front door. And then she goes to the kitchen and makes breakfast. And then she goes to the office upstairs to work.” And the story can continue to each room in…
Category: Art & Craft
Setting the Table
One of my jobs as a kid in a family of five was to set the table. And it was a job I actually liked. A placemat for each of us. Fork to the left. Knife and spoon to the right. Napkin under the fork. And when it was done there was a symmetry and…
paNDEMIC LIFE 3
My ‘ah-ha’ moment came this week. It’s really not that momentous but, well, yeah, it is. I had decided to stop work on a middle grade mystery that is a favorite. I love the character, I love the plot, I love the pacing. The problem is that I cannot pitch this story….I can not get…
pANDEMIC LIFE 2
This pandemic life has changed us. We are mostly housebound since Tom’s hospitalization in 2017 for a spinal cord injury. Oh, we can travel, get out, but that is limited. But now, no gym, no lunches, no shopping, no Mass, the lack of socialization is impactful. So, the huge benefit of pandemic life, for me,…
Renewal
It’s not enough to want to write. It’s not enough to write in your head–although that is usually very good writing. Why do I write? I’m not a good speller. I am a lousy proofreader. My English methodology is sketchy at best. And Latin did not help. Attending the NYC mid winter conference last weekend was that push to…