The smallness
It’s something that the human brain cannot really process: our own smallness. I have been having to deal with a lot of rejection coming my way lately. Since January I haven’t had any story accepted for publication, although I…
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Stationery: bullet journaling
Since late last year I fell victim to the bullet journal craze. I am easily swayed by trends, as we all know, but this time I was actively looking for a system that would bring back pens and notebooks into…
Checking in: snow day
Another snow day. I heard yesterday on the radio that historically in our area we get the most snow of the winter in the first two weeks of February. Right. So, it’s not over. This winter has been relentless. But…
Something new and something old
Although I started with such a clever title, I don’t want to keep up the suspense, which must be killing you for sure, so I’ll let you know right away that I’m talking about the new year on one hand…
My story, Picture Perfect, in Myths, Monsters, Mutations
One of my horror short stories, “Picture Perfect”, that has been published in the Myths, Monsters, Mutations collection, edited by Jessica Augustsson, and published by JayHenge. It’s a really beautiful collection of stories, and I’m so proud to be included!…
The Caretaker, a short story
Sirens Call Publications has published one of my short stories, The Caretaker, in their latest issue of the The Sirens Call ezine, Horror-Struck!. You can read it right now at www.sirenscallpublications.com, along with a lot of other great stuff, if…
It’s been four weeks since my last check-in
Not going to put any schedule on these anymore, because it just doesn’t work. Anyway, since I last checked in, I went with the family on a short trip (by train) to D.C. It was a sunny trip that coincided…
10×10 closet challenge
Ten items of clothing for ten days. It’s one of those challenges that flourish over on Instagram, although the credit for initiating it goes to two style blogs, Style Bee and Unfancy. Since I had been following some of the…
Bi-weekly (?) check-in
Haven’t been feeling very chatty in the past two weeks. I go through these phases of withdrawal regularly, when I can’t bring myself to talk to anyone, say anything about myself, and I generally just want to hide. I am…
Check-in this week
I am becoming slightly more involved lately with the Unitarian Universalist congregation in my town and over there every meeting starts with a “check-in”—where we go round the table and talk about our week, days, where we are. I always…