It’s morning and I’ve hardly slept. I’ll sleep an hour or two then wake up. Fortunately, this is Saturday so if I manage to REALLY fall asleep, I can sleep as late as I want.
I deliberately record programs on the TV to watch in the middle of the night. Do you do that? Last night […]
Archive > May 2008
Sleepless in San Diego
Soldiers
We have a guest blogger today. Her name is Martha Holmes and she’s sister to my favorite neighbor Annie Holmes. Here is her piece she calls Soldiers.
In front of the little grocery store in a one-stoplight town in upstate New York, an old man wearing an American Legion hat is selling red crepe-paper poppies with […]
Roads not traveled
A popular web site asked today, what do you think life would be like if you’d taken the path not chosen? How would your life be if you made different choices when you were young? Interesting question, isn’t it?
I think in my life, I’ve mostly taken the opportunity that showed up at my door. Take my […]
Writing a Book
I’m writing a book. So what? Half the world is writing a book or intending to.
I’ve heard that you haven’t really got a book until an agent is willing to represent you to a publisher, or a publisher is ready to buy it. When you have the money in your hand, you’ve got a book. […]
Just letting life drift by
Letting life just drift by sounds nice, doesn’t it? It brings up images of laying on the beach with a cool drink in your hand, a gentle breeze blowing your hair. What’s wrong with that? Nothing, unless you spend day in and day out just letting life drift by.
I can be like a leaf drifting […]
Writing Emails at work
How many emails do you get every day at work?
How many do you read? Do you read it all?
When you write an email, how can you be sure it will be read? Because of the large volume of email most workers receive every day, it’s hard to get your message across. Here’s some advice on […]
On being Eighteen
My sweet 18-year-old granddaughter has gone to Finland to be married. She intends to live there, learning a new language, a new culture, and all about wedded life at the same time.
In my opinion she’s a very brave girl. She’s eighteen years old and ready to take control of her life. She’s ready to jump […]
Treasures in the peas
The peas grew tall in their teepees, then folded over the top. We had so many peas. We froze them, we ate them steamed, and still there were more peas. Enough peas for us to eat and lots more. We gave some of them away.
Then, during one quick hot week, they turned tan and the vines died. […]
Traveling
We drove from Southern California to Nevada City last week. It’s an interesting drive, first north through the high dessert of California, then north and west through the warm, fuzzy looking, almost treeless mountains of the Tehatchapis, then into Bakersfield and straight north to Sacramento where you take an easterly bend for Nevada City. If you […]
