The Blog with the Missing Title
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, … Read More
My Chincoteague Retreat
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 … Read More
Choosing One’s Profile Picture
This is not as easy as it sounds. I’ve know for a few months that one of my goals for 2014 was “updating my Profile Picture.” My current one will be ten years old in late August. So, channelling my … Read More
Writers’ Process Blog Tour
Tag. You’re it! Remember that? Well, that old game came back to me last week when Kathy Pooler of Memoir Writer’s Journey tagged me in her post of May 29 and essentially said, “you’re it.” She said it … Read More
My multitasking social media experiment: Week 1
As promised, I am reporting this week on my little experiment to stop multitasking. Read about it here if you missed it. The week began with my wanting to rethink the whole concept of automatic multi-tasking on social … Read More
It Takes A Village
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 … Read More