Posted in African American issues, General Musings, Women's Stuff on January 29, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Yesterday, I was reading one of my email newsletters and came across an essay written by a black woman musing about the birth of her biracial son. Intrigued, I decided to click on her weblog to see any more of her writings. The first thing that popped up was a picture of the woman, her [...]
Posted in Mommy Blues on January 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Silicon Valley Moms Blog: Top Ten Things to Do While Your Kids Have Tantrums
I post this link for other moms who are probably repeating the very mantra in the title. I found it to be a hoot, and have now promised myself to do the very things mentioned here. Granted, I really could’ve used this [...]
Posted in Book Review on January 22, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s been a wild weekend at our household. Sunday, we hosted a football get-together and watched the Bears blast their way into the SuperBowl. Go Bears!!! Gleefully, I checked my email to learn that an essay I wrote will be getting published. And I finished reading Stephen King’s On Writing. Finishing a book in one [...]
Posted in Weeping of the Willows, Writing Blues on January 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I didn’t plan to mention the other thing that made writing hard for me over the past week, but then I realized that, seeing this a blog about writing, it’s probably good to write about the doubts and fears that crop up every once in a while.
At the beginning of the year, I crowed about [...]
Posted in Writing Blues on January 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Got a call from a friend who asked me, “Hey, I heard you put Daniel in daycare to focus more on writing. How’s that going?”
I responded, “Cough, cough, hack, wheeze. Oh, just fine. Snort, hack, coughcoughcough.“
Last week was the first ‘official’ week of Daniel’s daycare. It’s not much if you think about it: only Tuesdays [...]
Posted in Book Review on January 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Genre: Fantasy, Romance Rating: **1/2
I saw this book at the library when I was picking up Tom DeHaven’s book a while back. I was intrigued by the cover, so the next time I went to the library, I got it.
The storyline’s very simple: Kallista is a woman warrior/mage whose powers suddenly gets amped [...]
Posted in Weeping of the Willows on January 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Last week was ‘return to work’ week for many folk, but after all the holidays and food and celebrating, I betcha hardly anyone got anything done. It was the same thing for me as far as writing goes. Seeing that dear hubby didn’t go back to work until Wednesday, we had a grand time chillin’ [...]
Posted in Fun!, Potty Training on January 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
On my anime list, somebody posted a link to what they thought was a hilarious video on YouTube. Intrigued, I clicked on the the link and got this:
Anime for toilet training! Who’ve thunk it?
Actually, what intrigued me was all the comments of people mocking it. Maybe at one time, I would’ve done the same, but [...]
Posted in Writing, tagged 2007 Resolutions on January 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Ah, Happy New Year. Can you feel it? That quiver of expectation in the air? Breathe in that new year smell. Do you catch a whiff of excitement? Energy? Or is it more like DOOOOM….
I always face the new year with a hint of foreboding. It’s less this year, but it’s there. A full 365…well, [...]
