As adults it can be difficult to get into the holiday spirit. There are a lot of other demands than lighting a Christmas tree. And sometimes it’s just a side errand to pick up a box of this year’s holiday cards, knowing that sometime in the very near future one…
I know. I was quiet last month. But I’ve had a few things keeping me busy at work, and after that it was National Novel Writing Month, which kept me busy during my free time. In an earlier draft of this post, I wrote about my novel writing this month,…
Inspiration strikes at the strangest times. Like 2am. I woke up last night – at 2am – thinking about a new story idea. I thought about it and first thought “you know…this can wait until morning to write down.” And then I continued to lay there, wondering how many ideas…
Over the weekend I went with friends to two vineyards in Virginia, fairly close to DC. Virginia, in the event you don’t know, actually has some very decent wines and beautiful vineyards. For one thing, Virginia is a beautiful state. Something that always strikes me each time I leave the…
An old post from almost two years ago came up on my radar the other day (just through one of those notices for spam comments). But I thought, “hmmm….this has 2011 in the header. I bet this is from new year’s day or thereabouts.” And sure enough, it was. Now…I…
So it’s October already. Wow. That came out of nowhere it seems like. About mid-week, as I dated something as the third or fourth day in October, I had to take a moment and come to terms with the fact that we were already in October. It was different when…