The text comes while I am feeding my baby her bottle. Hey guys decision has been made and we did not get the house. Let’s see if anything good comes up for this weekend. I had been expecting it, honestly. The house we looked at last weekend had been big, with a huge garage and decent-sized yard, a roomy den,…
I just finished listening to Turtles All the Way Down by John Green. It was one of a few audiobooks I borrowed from the library to keep in my car and listen to in increments to try to boost my number of books read this year. I’d been wanting to read it for awhile, but since it was new and…
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…
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.…
Those of you who know me well know that I dislike talking to people much of the time. Especially people I don’t know. I’m shy, I feel awkward, I get tongue-tied, and I’m much too easily embarrassed. I’m also a very private person (hence the enormous lack of personal posts on this blog). There are those things I’m perfectly comfortable…