Facing My Demon

Yesterday I came face-to-face with the man who gave my mom the news that would change all of our lives.  He gave her the diagnosis, he gave her five years (if she was lucky, he said, but not likely at the rate she was “deteriorating”), he gave her the...

Creative Commitments For 2012

I wrote about NaNoWriMo, NaBloPoMo and the 30-Day Yoga Challenge some time back.  I didn’t even know about Picture Book Idea Month (PiBoIdMo) until I stumbled upon it on Elizabeth’s blog!  And then there’s the To Be Read (TBR) Pile Challenge that I...

Try-This Tuesday: Take Your Pick

It’s Tuesday again!  For those of you who have recently connected with this blog, every Tuesday I post a Tuesday Task.  As suggested by the title of each post, these tasks are something for you to try.  My hope behind them is that they will resonate with you,...

My New Toy

After weeks (or has it been months?) of asking around, looking on-line and browsing in stores, I finally bought an e-reader!  At first I vehemently disapproved of the idea; why would I want to give up the feel and smell of a paperback?  Me, who loves to dog-ear pages...