De Smet adventure
This past Thursday, my friend Cindy Wilson--author of The Beautiful Snow, about the winter Laura Ingalls Wilder chronicled in The Long Winter, invited me on a road trip to De Smet, SD, to explore the town where Laura spent that long winter. I like road trips, and in...
It’s Official. I’m looking for representation for “Who the Frack is Maddie Jackson?”
It's DONE. Who the Frack is Maddie Jackson? is done, edited, as good as I can make it right now. I sent out my first query in my search for a new agent to represent it just now. I've been busier writing than blogging here lately, which is a good thing. I did finally...
McSweeney’s Humor: Teaching Evaluations of Jesus Christ
This cracked me up so much that I had to share it. I don't believe you need to have suffered student evaluations of your teaching in order to appreciate this! https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/selected-negative-teaching-evaluations-of-jesus-christ *Thanks, Connie...
Okay, so Mayo Clinic put this in their newsletter…
I think most people who even look at this blog have seen this, but I feel rather obligated to include it. It does say some important things about how I feel. I'm a little self-conscious about it, so that's all I'm going to say. I have a bunch of other stuff to write...
The life cycle, reminded
We all learn about the metamorphosis of caterpillars to butterflies in kindergarten or first grade. It's nothing new, and no longer profound--that is until you get to experience the whole thing firsthand. A few years ago, Tom and I allowed a milkweed plant ("weed") to...
An Ebike!
A lot has transpired this summer. As I wrote earlier, I was adjusting to a new phase of life without much cycling. After being taught by cardiologists and cardio therapists that I needed to practice restraint and moderation in all my activity, I have morphed into a...
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