Posts Tagged: Blogging
Many of you who have read my book (At Home on the Kazakh Steppe) will know that it ends with this paragraph (I don’t think I’m giving too much away here) I’m still jumping off high dives, and hopefully will for a long time to come. But thanks to my time in… more »
What’s the difference between a sabbatical and a respite? Merely length of time. I’m down at the Chincoteague house, the house that Woody and I renovated in 2001, and from which we were returning to Philadelphia when he dropped his fateful “Let’s join the Peace Corps” announcement I wrote about… more »
This is the blog where I set out on paper (virtual paper), how I plan to pursue my life in the coming year. And not just in the field of social media. FYI: I’ll tell you flat out I’m NOT planning to lose 20 pounds (though my doctor thinks that would be a good… more »
So reads the official launch announcement my publisher put together for me. It is exciting. I am excited. Truly. My rocket book is launched. For the past seven years my singular passion was to put to paper the experiences I had while my husband and I… more »
On that trip it was my good fortune to be wrong; being mistaken is the essence of the traveler’s tale. Paul Theroux (1941- ) Riding the Iron Rooster. Isn’t that a great quote? It’s going in my book. In fact, it’s the first of seven that made it into the book. This one (Paul… more »
It takes a village … … and not just to raise a child. It takes a village to write a memoir, too. This post is about the villagers in my village, the people I’ve turned to, looked to, and learned from as I’ve plowed away at making At… more »
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