I've been laboring under a peculiar species of Writers' Block for the last two weeks. It's not that I haven't had the inclination or the material for writing, but there's Something Important that I need to write about---that I want to write about---but am apparently not ready to write about. And I've felt like I couldn't (or … Continue reading Pushing Past a Comfort Zone
The Death of Malaise
Malaise, n. a vague or unfocused feeling of mental uneasiness,lethargy, or discomfort. If I remember correctly, my younger sister once had a gerbil which she named "Malaise." It would have been somewhere around junior-high time for her, and she acquired the gerbil during a period of, well... malaise. If I remember correctly, our cat dragged that gerbil backward out of the cage by its tail … Continue reading The Death of Malaise
A Lesson on Letting Go
Here's my GRIN for the day: I have a new client for my freelance writing, and the "job application" I sent him consisted of (1) a link to this blog, as a "writing sample," and (2) a photo of my motorcycle tattoo. I regularly refer to my tats as Stories, but had never considered this … Continue reading A Lesson on Letting Go
Expedition Journal #3: Faking a Phone
A few months ago I started on a mission to explore some technology-stuff I might want to use, and (having done the research) reported my opinions findings here... In my first expedition, I went prospecting on Pinterest (which has continued to serve me well---and has continued to be FUN), and I followed that up with assessing … Continue reading Expedition Journal #3: Faking a Phone
Well, This is Embarrassing…
I don't intend to shirk responsibilities, truly I don't... But here we have it. I seem to be a bona fide, certified Shirker. Shame! I sent off my bundle of deadline-writing this afternoon (including an article---I'm not making this up!---on the assigned topic: "Can my dog get me pregnant?" OH. MY. GOD) and thought I'd … Continue reading Well, This is Embarrassing…
Hill-Climbing, Hummingbirds, and Handguns
This evening, a particular piece of kid-art caught my eye. We have their notes and drawings tacked up all over the place---on the walls, on the fridge---but when something is always there you sometimes stop seeing it. That's the case with this piece , carefully dated 8-2-11 (almost exactly a year ago) with sticker-letters spelling … Continue reading Hill-Climbing, Hummingbirds, and Handguns
Our Little Patch of Plantation
The current buzz-word for this practice is Urban Homesteading, but "urban" doesn't quite describe us. Our little place isn't within the city limits of any town (and if it were, even Idaho's capital city barely qualifies as "urban")... Perhaps in our case we should call it "backyard homesteading," or just plain "turning-a-regular-home-into-a-mini-farm." Whatever you choose … Continue reading Our Little Patch of Plantation
Kana's Chronicles 