Why do they call us bookworms? It’s always rather puzzled me. Why not bookbears or bookbirds or bookdogs, for that matter? Just about anything, it seems, would be preferable to being likened to the slimy, squirming insignificance of a slithering worm. The book part, of course, is obvious. There are people who read to gain information, there are people who…
I’ve always wished I had some artistic ability–by that I mean drawing, painting, sculpting, etc. When I was a kid I tried. Really hard. I tried and tried to draw, to paint, and to mold things out of polymer clay, but somehow nothing ever came out looking quite right. The closest I was able to get was the most basic…
Sometimes I’m amazed how easy it is to lose focus on what’s important so quickly. For a Bible study we’re doing at church, we had to read a piece called “The Tyranny of the Urgent.” It contrasted the “urgent” things in our lives with the important things. I already knew all about this. I knew that good doesn’t always mean…
Two things caused this post to percolate in my mind over the weekend. 1. A few mentions of the “Bechdel test” scattered across social media. 2. Continued Marvel Cinematic Universe movie marathon with my husband. For anyone unfamiliar with the Bechdel test, it states that a work of fiction only passes the test if two women have a conversation with…
No, not biological evolution, as in Darwinism. That’s a completely different topic that doesn’t fit on this blog at all. I mean the evolution of the development of our skills and talents. I’ve been reading the collected stories of O. Henry lately. I’ve always enjoyed the stories of his that I’ve read, but I found a big, beautiful hardbound collection…
New apartment means new workspace! Well, not really because the apartment we moved to is just the mirror image of our old one, so my workspace is really exactly the same, just on the opposite side of the room. But it still feels fresh and new–all clean and organized–so I thought I’d give y’all a little peek at it! I…
In the past couple of weeks, we saw four relatively recent movies. All within the past couple of years, at least. Only one of them–Black Panther was in the theater. One, Spotlight, we downloaded on our tablet to watch on our anniversary cruise. The other two, Logan Lucky and Breathe we rented with my grandparents. All very different stories. And…
You remember when adult coloring books first exploded a couple years ago? Now you can hardly go anywhere without seeing one. From mandalas to pop-culture themed books to scenes from far-away places, we just can’t seem to get enough of coloring. I myself have a Paris coloring book, a Doctor Who coloring book, and a Scripture coloring book, as well…
My husband and I went to see the latest Star Wars movie a few weeks late (don’t worry, this is a spoiler-free post). We had an argument–almost a fight, really–on the way home, because I loved it, and he didn’t, and most of the conversation on my end consisted of me telling him why he was wrong in disliking it.…
Being self-employed can be discouraging. As most of you probably know, I work part-time from home writing, editing, producing audiobooks, as well as doing other writing-related things like blogging, podcasting, marketing, etc. I love it–working with stories, sharing my work, getting to be home most of the time. It’s what I want in life. But it can still get lonely.…