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The month was December and Teacher C was reading books about gingerbread men running off just when hungry little mouths were about to eat them. One sunny and cold day, the kind that makes you want to stay home and sit by the fire, she walked the [...]
This post is written in honor of my best friend who is dedicating 27 months of her twenties to promoting peace in Uganda as a member of the Peace Corps. She straddles two cultures, struggling to reconcile the excess of wealth in America with the extreme poverty in Africa.
Tis the [...]
I wrote this story as part of my “morning pages,” the randomness that comes out of my brain and through my fingertips first thing in the morning. I hope you enjoy.
There’s a knock on the front door. It’s much too early for visitors, the sun has yet to rise [...]
“I love Grandma Paula,” Emile said, out of the blue. We were sitting at the table and he was drawing.
“Me too. I try to be as good of a mommy as she is,” I said, my heart almost exploding with love for my mother and for my stepson [...]
Today is the day I re-focus my attention on my business. Which means I won’t be posting here very often, if at all. My energy is being scattered among too many responsibilities and I have to cut back.
That’s it. I love this blog, but I can no longer pretend [...]
I spent my first full day, 8-6, away from my daughter. Not including lunch. My ever supportive husband drove Giovanna to see me during lunch so she could have some mama milk before nap time.
Even when I sold tea at the farmers market, I brought Gigi [...]
Since a lot of bloggers are also writers, I’d like to know, do you participate in a writers group? Or do you have a few special someones who regularly review your work? A friend, spouse, colleague, even an editor?
I have all sorts of words spouting forth from [...]
If you want to be a writer (whatever that means), you’re supposed to write every day. Every. Day. Every day? Like even during vacations? I think so. And yet I didn’t, not every day, not on my vacation. I’m not completely sure why, but I’d like to blame it on the [...]
Today, I will share another piece of haphazardly (read: quickly) produced fiction according to the following prompt from the Red Writing Hood:
This week we want to challenge you to try something new.
Is there someone who drives you crazy?
Someone who really gets under your [...]
After motherhood and writing, traveling is my passion. Never am I more spirited than when I am thrown into an unfamiliar city with a map, a bicycle, a camera, and a notebook.
Combine the three; traveling and writing and motherhood, and I am in bliss.
I am blessed to be blissful [...]
Teas to soothe body and soul.
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