Running for the Finish Line

Home in the Rookery

At last, the house is almost ready to go on the market, and will drop within the next day or so.  It feels like we’ve run a marathon at a sprinting pace, but my main hope was we could get it ready before we headed into spring break time, and we’ll make that.  I was also crossing

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News of the Boring Sort

2 CommentsHome in the Rookery

Well, we’re moving again. This officially enters us in the ‘most nomadic family’ contest.   Of course, given that we buy a home with each move, this puts us at a disadvantage when pitted against contestants who live in homes that can move. 😉 The scheme to get a house with land, like the new one, has

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WOTF Semi-Finalist

2 CommentsWriting

I got the call today on my latest entry, Shards of Honor.  Here’s the list on the wotf blog.  I’m honored to find myself initiated into this group, and also into the prestigious group of writers who can say they’ve had their name misspelled.  We’re a very selective group, you know.  [edit: My name has

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Submission Blues

4 CommentsRumblings, Writing

While watching myself and friends go through the hectic time of bringing home a newborn, I was always struck by the irony that just when a woman is most exhausted from childbirth and often at a low point physically, she must have her sleep disrupted several times a night by a baby. You’re wondering what

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Digging Deep, Then Twisting

Writing

Pat Esden’s got a good blog up about using our childhood memories in writing.  It’s a long-ish post, so my sum-up won’t do it justice, but the point I walked away with is that we can mine our memories for their emotional strength, rather than their details.  Of course, I’m pretty sure I’ve heard OSC make

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Double Entendre

Home in the Rookery, Just for Laughs

Our six-year old stopped in the middle of her story and gave me a worried look. “Mom, I just popped one of my knuckles.” She didn’t sound like she was in pain, so I barely paused. “You’re fine.  Your knuckles just do that.” She considered, than nodded. “Yeah, and even after they pop, somehow there’s

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The Time Machine

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After years of never getting around to it, I’ve finally joined the sci fi community and watched a movie adaptation of H.G. Wells The Time Machine.  The movie (2002 adaptation) and the book are so wildly different that I won’t get into comparisons, but instead focus on how successful the movie was as an interesting story

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