Writing the good read
Tonight was my birthday party. About 40 people came to my house to hear live music by The Castaways who were as awesome on their ukuleles as most bands want to be on their bigger instruments. As they say, size doesn’t matter. They came to eat. The coconut cake from PCC was perhaps the biggest…
I’m not Martha. I don’t do detail work well. I will never be a cake decorator or do some fine stitchery. But I have been crafting up a storm to create decorations for my 50th birthday party tomorrow. Today was a big final push in getting decorations together. And then I thought about how ridiculous…
This is me and my guy tonight. For my 50th birthday dinner he took me out to Bis on Main, a restaurant in old Bellevue restaurant that seemed to be filled with old Bellevue type-residents (refined, of money, conservative), but with a distinctly forward looking idea about food — my salad included pickled rhubarb that…
1381, 1418, 1429, 1550, 1653: a bunch of various battles in Europe. Probably some Black Death. 1665: England installs a municipal government in New York City. 1775: The first naval battle of Revolution — What is it with battles and June 12? 1776: Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights 1792: In local Pacific Northwest news, Capt….
I’m depressed today. Nothing like giving away something to make me feel better, right? So I’m going to post links to three stories, all recent. Succinctly tell me why I’m so upset (beyond the obvious). The closest answer gets a hard copy of the book California on publication, July 8. 1. The obvious: Oregon school…
Maybe twice in my life I’ve sat down with an idea in my head and written a solid first draft of a story from start to finish without stopping. You know how it is: one piece of the puzzle slides right into its place and you look at the pile of pieces and can immediately…
The list of blogs below? They are all folks who are participating in the Freelance Success/Wordcount Blogathon. Some of them will blog daily, like me. Some won’t. A few will drop out altogether. Don’t be judgy. You don’t know what’s going on in their lives. At any rate, take a look at them. All of…
While out doing errands today, I was listening to A Prairie Home Companion on KUOW, my local NPR station, when Garrison Keillor launched into his news from Lake Wobegon. He was talking about how people will like things despite common sense — like the love of the desert southwest in the summer even though you…
Have a great Friday! Shabbat Shalom to fellow Members of the Tribe.
Brought to this week by Sucuri, for when you don’t want to see what your mobile device wants to show you [Voiceover]: Previously on Landguppy Productions — Our intrepid leader found herself overwhelmed for months with family traumas and the business of serious writing and thus several months have passed since she has been able…