Sunday Book Review: Forties' Child: An Early Autobiography
Forties' Child: An Early Autobiography, by Tom Wakefield I found Tom Wakefield in a cemetery somewhere near the other side of the world. His tombstone captured my attention more than any other in that...
View ArticleThe file name is: Encouraging Words
... and this is what I find inside ... an exciting kind of normal constantly changing transitioning gracefully inner quiet nitty gritty details attraction happens no doubt that it was worthy grounded...
View ArticleWords I write while waiting for the chamomile tea to kick in...
My days of late have been filled with satisfying sighs from projects completed. Or projects nearly so. Tonight I pulled a package from the mailbox, paper swollen with the moisture that has been...
View ArticleBiscuits & Gravy
Today was a Farmers Market day with the bonus of biscuits & gravy (Friends of the Market fundraiser). I love biscuits and gravy, but it is true that they don't go down the way they used to. I think...
View ArticleCrazy Making in a Good Way
Tonight an acquaintance said, "I don't know how you spend all day, every day with your children. It would drive me insane. The time I do spend makes me crazy." I never have a clue how to respond to...
View ArticleWhat a Snow Day is Good For... It's Simply Good
I don't know why I still think of it as a snow day; it is simply a day full of snow and for that I am grateful. I mostly took the opportunity to work from home, which I often do anyway. Mostly, I have...
View ArticleLet it Snow, Let it Snow
I have to admit that having two major snow storms in as many weeks has left me feeling a bit discombobulated. Though I often get a charge from shaking up my routine, when something shakes it up for me...
View ArticleDrum roll, please....
I did it. Or I'm doing it. Or something like that. Tracy Million Simmons (author page)
View ArticleSunday Book Review....
Nah, just kidding. I'm moving my book reviews to my author page. If you've stopped by, check it out. My first novel is now available in both print and as an ebook. Or... join the Virtual Book Tour......
View ArticleThinking Out Loud About Blog Direction: Unschooling, and Life
So the hubby asked if he should take this blog off his to-read list and I said, "No. Not yet. There's still a lot of stuff bubbling around inside my head and who knows when I will decide I need a spot...
View ArticleThey asked, "What do you want to do for Mother's Day?"
...and I said I wanted to go to the castle at Ha Ha Tonka State Park. It's been on my list of things to see for years. What a lovely weekend with my family. It was perfect!
View ArticleMoving my Musings
I've decided to move my musings to my new site altogether. I'm not taking this site down, but obviously am spreading myself thin, so will be blogging about writing pursuits, books and probably even...
View ArticleThe year to come...
Image from www. mashable.com Once upon a time I was the self-proclaimed Queen of New Year's resolutions. Actually, I think a friend first called me that, but I latched on to the title and did not...
View ArticleHappy 23rd Anniversary to My One and Only
So the truth is, I never meant to fall in love. Not in happily-ever-after-till-death-do-us-part love, anyway. I had this idea, at the ripe old age of 18, that a woman didn’t need marriage… didn’t need...
View ArticleA Never Ending Awe
Munchkin Boy, my baby, is thirteen now. When I back him up against the fancy-schmancey "family tree" where I've marked the tops of kid heads for nearly 18 years, he's almost 3/4 of an inch taller than...
View ArticleHaving Fun
I pulled out a photo book at random. It covered most of 2007, and a bit of 2008. The hubby and I flipped through the pages, enjoying the mini walk down memory lane, wondering at how much our three...
View ArticleInspiration at a Funeral
I went to a funeral on Friday. The deceased was the grandfather of a friend. He was also a client of the hubby's. I'd met him a few times. I remembered him as a very friendly man who was very proud of...
View ArticleMisery and Happiness
It takes a certain amount of effort to be miserable. It simply takes a different kind of effort to be happy. These are not Ann Patchett's exact words, but I've been reading Ann Patchett and this...
View ArticleSorting through the Voices in My Head
Sometimes I find myself sorting through a whole slew of responses, inside my head, that are not actually my own. I was sitting at the table when my middle kid (age 15) came in from a bike ride this...
View ArticleAnticipating Change and Enjoying the Creative Fuel it Brings
I've always maintained the belief that creativity begets creativity. Writing, painting, composing... it doesn't matter the form. One creative act leads to ideas for at least two more. Most of the time...
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