My "Radio Silence" over the last week is (I'm happy to say) the result of having been quite thoroughly engrossed in the activities of a first-week-of-summer-holidays with the kids... I started to write a few times, but never got as far as hitting "Publish," so here it is, all at once...Sat, June 2: Summer Holidays, … Continue reading Summer, Synchronicity, Sewage, Stones, & Super-Powers
Tag: Books
Fifty Shades of Greybeard
This morning the sound of my hubby's electric beard-trimmer was interrupted by a yelp, followed by an exclamation of disgust. "Stupid razor!" Envisioning the guard coming loose and a notch of bare chin in the middle of his goatee, I ventured a question into the ensuing silence with some trepidation. "Honey? What happened?" Another moment … Continue reading Fifty Shades of Greybeard
The Controversy of Kid-Calendars
The other day a blogging-friend (Judy, over at Connecting Dots...to God) posed a question which is plaguing a whole generation of parents. The dilemma? Kid-calendars! Many kids today have such busy schedules that a person might be forgiven for mistaking a glimpse of their calendars for schedules of heads of state. Even parents who remember … Continue reading The Controversy of Kid-Calendars
A Pilgrimage of Perspective
Tricia Mitchell just posted a lovely blog about the castle in Heidelberg, Germany--accompanied by some of her own photos and memories of this castle over the years, and posing the question of whether her readers had memories to share. I wrote to her that although it's been almost three decades since I've been there (and although I … Continue reading A Pilgrimage of Perspective
Nightmare
A blogging-friend commented the other day that my writing reminds her of another writer's, and (with that sense of shame peculiar to a bibliophile when she discovers there's something she hasn't read) I immediately downloaded Anne LaMott's Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith. The action of downloading the book brought home to me, actually, how … Continue reading Nightmare
YOUR Advice? Self-Publishing vs. Traditional
A blogging-friend emailed me today to say she has finished her novel (pause here to CHEER for her!) and she wondered what I thought about self-publishing versus finding an agent and traditional publisher. I have no authority or experience on this question, having neither written nor published a book--though husband and two sons are pretty … Continue reading YOUR Advice? Self-Publishing vs. Traditional
The Curious Significance of STUFF
Yesterday I was stowing some papers in our fire-proof safe, and I paused for a moment to contemplate the odd assortment of items tucked into it. In theory, an inventory of this little fire-proof box should answer the question people sometimes ask: "If your house were on fire (and the PEOPLE were all safe) what … Continue reading The Curious Significance of STUFF
Kana's Chronicles 