All the things NaNoWriMo and My Leah Novel Writer's note: If this feels familiar, it's possible you read it way back in November 2022 when I wrote in real time during NaNoWriMo. The original post was on Substack. I have since changed platforms for me email newsletter. (If that still interests you, you can sign-up … Continue reading Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-NaWriMo and Leah
The books I read in September, October, and November 2022 These posts are a labor of love. The Fall installment of this series is late, but I'm proud of myself for still putting it here. And! It means I stuck with something for a full year! =D I am resolved to write these posts as … Continue reading What I Read This Fall
Changing things up two months later Can you say, “Squirrel?!” Shiny syndrome is real, you guys. It’s been fun, Substack, and you’re a really cool platform, but I’m finally verbalizing what I want and jumping off the bandwagon. Still want to follow along? Have no fear! Sign-up here to read my email newsletter Postcards. You can expect: At … Continue reading Ch-ch-ch-changes
An adventurous summer of reading!
The one where I share my work-in-progresses that took time and space and a piece of my heart and soul and mind to create.
Where I share the books I read during Spring!
I have said “goodbye” and “see you later” and hugged many people tight many times in the past eight months, with more that happened this month. I’ve been mentally preparing to goodbye to some favorite humans officially since last fall, all of us thinking we’d have a year left—I started thinking of lasts and presents … Continue reading Fare Thee Well, Ogres*
"That's wild." This phrase has been added to Urban Dictionary and is defined as: "another way of saying 'that's crazy', but with more emphasis." Sitting in the coffee shop trying to write about wild in my life, through my perspective, the famous phrase—"one wild and mrmrmememr life"—digs through my brain. I google the phrase and … Continue reading My One Wild and Precious Life
The books I read this past Winter. Less reviews and more a collection of thoughts and anecdotes.
Upon writing this, Ant and I took a walk today in 60-something-degree weather. We wore t-shirts and opened our windows before we left...Upon returning home, the windows remained open and I walked around the house barefoot for the rest of the afternoon. When I first read through this month's inspiration for the theme, I had images of Ant and I playing in the snow (during our Bermuda Triangle week), the Christmas light glow, and wearing slippers and favorite pajama pants... As I write this, we've closed the windows and I've put my socks back on. I'm at the dining room table, soaking up the last of the light from the day. (I'm so thankful the light is still around at 5:36pm.) I do have a light blanket over my lap and I'm wearing a light cardigan that I bought at Goodwill a couple weeks back. But I don't' feel cozy, maybe just comfortable...The cats certainly have cozy figured out..."
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