Monday, January 19, 2026

I Don't Think the Retreat Week Bliss Will Be Lasting Much Longer

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My yard today. Nice, eh? Today was my first day back at work after returning from my annual reading and frolicking in the snow retreat. I al...
Friday, January 09, 2026

Friday Done List January 9

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Goal 1. Write and Publish Adult Short Stories, Essays, and Humor Added a new publication to the marketing spreadsheet. This one I'll con...
Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Oh, My Gosh! Do I Even Recognize Social Media Marketing?

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According to Watch for These 2026 Social Media Trends  by Lacy Phillips at Jane Friedman big things happened in social media while I was w...
Tuesday, January 06, 2026

Time Management Tuesday: Goals and Objectives for 2026

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I very much enjoy thinking about what I'm going to do. I like it a lot more than actually doing what I thought about. First A Word About...
Friday, January 02, 2026

Friday Done List January 2

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  Goal 1. Write and Publish Adult Short Stories, Essays, and Humor Two rejections at the end of the year! On the upside, I believe that clos...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Time Management Tuesday: Recapitulation 2025

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Don't you just love assessing yourself? I do, which suggests that I am very easy on myself. I've been doing a recapitulation post re...
Friday, December 26, 2025

Friday Done List December 26

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Christmas Eve yoga spot We got through Christmas without death, dying, or general illness! Hurray! I forgot to take pictures of  our dessert...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Time Management Tuesday: Looking Forward to the End of the Holidays Doesn't Mean You Hate Them. It Means You Love Temporal Landmarks.

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Last week I got an email from the Thurber House  in Columbus, Ohio with a link to its spring Zoom writers' workshops . I went through th...
Friday, December 19, 2025

Friday Done List December 19

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I wish I'd taken pictures of all the small batch cakes I made this past week. But I didn't, so here's a picture of a Christmas t...
Friday, December 12, 2025

Friday Done List December 12

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Goal 1. Write and Publish Adult Short Stories, Essays, and Humor New humor piece published . Seven new beginnings for the Advent Project . ...