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Not too long ago I celebrated a birthday. Before you ask, I’m not saying how old I turned, but suffice it to say that I remember watching the Vietnam War on television and seeing Father Knows Best in black and white. I also remember the day when birthday cards would come through the mail and each one was a gift in of itself. Whenever I got a card or letter in the mail I would get a charge of excitement.…
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Over the weekend I was treated to an amazing four days surrounded by writers. For the first time, I attended the Pikes Peak Writers Conference (PPWC) and I don’t think I have learned so much since I was in college. Let me share with you just a few of the highlights, but before I do, did I mention that I was surrounded by writers? Oh, and editors, and agents, and more writers. There were even writers who have books. Yes,…
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I recently took a writing class (yes, I do claim to be a writer and sometimes I actually write good stuff), and during the class the facilitator asked for volunteers. I am usually the first one to send my hand to the sky like a blazing rocket and this day was no different. I answered the question with my usual blondness (no, I’m not blond and I do know that blondness does not define smartness) and was so off track…
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Anyone who knows me, knows I cannot resist chocolate, and intense dark is my favorite. Every once in a while, I will be posting little tidbits related to things chocolate. So for a quick, and fun, start to the chocolate posts here are some chocolate bits for you. Chocolate is America’s favorite flavor. Surveys show more than 50 percent of adults prefer chocolate to other flavors. More than $16 billion of chocolate was sold in the U.S. last year. U.S.…
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It is funny how some people fit into life just perfectly from the day they are born until they are taken away in a fine pine box. They are like puzzle pieces that have the perfect shape, and colors that fit just where they are supposed to. They are able to see themselves and their lives stretch out before them and with so many possibilities they find their place in the puzzle early on. There was a man I once…
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Today I sat at my keyboard trying to decide what to write. I reached deep into my creative mind and I looked straight into a pure blank wall that reached far beyond my peripheral vision. I actually have been looking at this wall for days now and today I came to the conclusion that I am really tired of looking at it, but I had no idea how to get it knocked out of the way. What was this thing…
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The Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia are now closed and what an amazing time it was for all the athletes, coaches, and every country that came together in peace and intense competition. Gold medals, along with silver and bronze, were given to the top athletes in the world at the twenty third Olympic Games. Like any event of this magnitude there are spectacular achievements right along with devastating failures with everything in between. These games also brought to light a…
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Many of my friends (who are gluttons for punishment) participated in NaNoWriMo back in November (that’s National Novel Writing Month for those of you who are smart enough not to be writers). I, as smart a person as I am (and not smart enough to not be a writer), chose not to participate. November has to be the absolute worst month of the year (right after December) for me to write anything. So, I watched from the sidelines as all…
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It glows oh so bright. It burrows deeper, deeper. I need to see, need to scream. Little blue screen, blue screen. Keep digging, keep digging. It knows oh it knows. It snakes in deeper, deeper. Perversion in this version. It is time. Release it now. Let them twist, oh they’ll twist. Upgrade, upgrade, CRASH! Systems down. Extinction.
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