The end to the holidays came as a relief. Our problems never arise out of a single cause; they’re always complicated. But one of the causes of my relief was of having put too much pressure on my desire to finish a first draft—or at least an outline—for the end of the sci fi trilogyContinue reading “Bring on the new—”
Author Archives: Coming Home to Myself
Puzzling out the old year
This is a brief, and late blog, as I’ve had little energy to invest beyond my writing deadline. However, great minds decided we needed more puzzles. And so, along with my self-elected labors, I had to put Sophie together ASAP. May all the pieces of the puzzles of our lives come together in 2023!
It’s the season
This morning, Sophie was all ready to take her walk—UNTIL I held up her harness in one hand and her coat in the other. She took one look and walked away. I love an expressive dog! I then put the coat away and dressed her in harness only, and we took a leisurely stroll downContinue reading “It’s the season”
On Seeing
On seeing the literal—I got used to being farsighted after the cataract surgery, except for anything up close, like fingernail care and reading and jigsaw puzzles. Finally freed to visit my optometrist, I now have progressive lenses—something new for this previously trifocal user. Some of the time the progressive lenses work well. However, the jigsawContinue reading “On Seeing”
On being stuck
I seem to have taken all of Thanksgiving week off—not by plan but by inclination. And since, when tired, my first inclination is to escape into familiar fiction, I pulled a Kate Wilhelm paperback off my shelves. It was # 8 of her Barbara Holloway courtroom dramas. As soon as I finished it, I borrowedContinue reading “On being stuck”
Dog Fight
Sophie had a hard day last Friday. And when Sophie has a hard day, so do we. In the morning she and I took our walk to the park, where a woman with a big blue-eyed husky approached us. She did admit she was never sure how her dog would react, but as usual, SophieContinue reading “Dog Fight”
NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month—at least it’s supposed to be for me. The month is half over and I’ve recorded less than 3000 new words. Start and stop. Get discouraged. Try again. Last year, I spent NaNoWriMo on this same project—the final volume of a trilogy—interviewing my characters, listening to them talk, and describingContinue reading “NaNoWriMo“
Finding—
Have you ever noticed that when you’re looking for a particular piece to a jigsaw puzzle, you can’t see it anywhere? So you start looking for something else, and that first piece jumps up and says, “Here I am!” Why is that? Crows— The crows appeared on the morning of Halloween, as I was walkingContinue reading “Finding—”
the color blue
In last week’s blog I spoke of walking in new places and seeing new things. I took a walk before uploading that blog, and came home to write what I’m posting this week. The sky had captured my attention even more than the neighborhoods. To be exact, I was captivated by the sky’s deep blueContinue reading “the color blue”
Batteries
My internal batteries got messed up, and I’ve missed two blog deadlines. Messed up from what? you might ask. From Changes, I think. Change in seeing: I completed the three weeks of eyedrops after cataract surgery and I’m still adjusting to taking OFF glasses to see the world. Change in company—come and gone. Such aContinue reading “Batteries”
