Do the Hard Thing
Consuming is easy. Creating is hard. I’ve been noticing a worrying trend with myself lately, and naturally, we tend to notice things about others that bug us about ourselves and…
Read moreA Bookish Post
Not to state the obvious, but I bought books this week. These aren’t even all of them – my husband has a couple in the bedroom, and the new Dean…
Read moreEscapism and Other Fun Things
Obviously I am still struggling with schedules and focus, but I think that’s the case for many people in the US these days, so I am just rolling with the…
Read moreBe Your Own Curator & Don’t Feed the Beast
It’s been an interesting week – better, since I shocked myself out of my politically-driven funk. It got bad enough last weekend that I actually deleted the FB app from…
Read moreTeeter-Tottering Along
I’ll admit, even though I knew last week’s euphoria couldn’t last, I hoped it would a bit longer. It’s been a rough week though, and I’ve done probably more thinking…
Read moreWorth the Wait
I’ve been writing rather sporadically lately (fiction too, not just these blog posts). With fiction, I’m working on a tale of the old(ish) west, wherein a woman (or two, actually)…
Read moreNaNo Excerpt Week 2: The Magpie Writer
This excerpt is in draft form, and as such, undoubtedly contains typos among other grammatical issues, plot holes, reminder brackets, etc. ******************************* “Going to Kansas City, ma’am?” Another porter checked…
Read moreLibrary Maintenance – Yay or Nay?
Photo of the Week A friend of mine from work was giving away this bookshelf. Look how perfectly it fits on top of the one we already had in the…
Read moreGame Therapy
Photo of the Week On Stress and Gaming Last week was very stressful, mostly because a lot of things happened that I didn’t like/couldn’t control. I tend to be a…
Read moreFirst Quarter Well-Fillers (Reading/Watching/Listening)
This is going to be a bit long, so you might want to get yourself a nice beverage and get comfy. I’ve been doing a much better job of protecting…
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