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It took me a few days, but I'm finally back on pace for my 50,000 word "novel". I'm at 15,035 words at the end of day 9 (which is about 30 words over the day's requirement). That's a HUGE relief. If I stay on top of it I hopefully won't have to do anymore 4,000…
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While I've been writing I've been listening to this Band of Horses album, Cease to Begin. It's not a "new" album, but it's new to me. I'm struck by how much I like it more than their first album. I'm not sure if that is because I was unfamiliar with their music before and had…
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Sarah lost her first tooth yesterday. Anna was about 5 when she lost her first one as well. Sarah actually let our friend, Josh, pull the loose tooth. Pretty brave! She has about three more wobbly ones in the front. I remember when Anna lost her first tooth; Sarah cried and told us she never…
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Uh-oh! Here we go again. November is National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write a story of at least 50,000 words in one month. (This method of writing QUICK worked once for me in terms of getting a story written; we'll see if it works again.) I'm already in the hole by 5,000…
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Disclaimer: These are MY political opinions below and may be offensive to some folks. That's not my intent. I just want to express my views because this is my blog and it's where I do such things. I am an amateur when it comes to this stuff so bear with me. My intention is NOT…
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I've been reading Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero. In the first few chapters of this book he challenges the reader to know oneself so that you may know God. This is much more difficult than it sounds. Our whole culture (American, Western) is built on creating an acceptable "image" and living from that self-proscribed…
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How many scruffy words, compile on one another– the ecstasy of forgotten rhythm. white guys, abandoned to slur, traversing the forgotten lawnchairs of mono-syllabic intrusion a poem can close itself for the summer by drying the umbrella, shaking off moths, tattered broken vinyl seals and wrapping it all into a metaphor–the ‘is’ not ‘like’ absolutely…
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The girls got more candy, but I think I had more fun. Here are the pictures from our AWESOME night!
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This was Christa's idea, by the way. A very creative one, too. (Found these pictures online.)
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