Monthly Archives: January 2008

Sometimes time controls our lives. I have found myself racing the clock the last few days and it is tiring. Time seems to win. There is something good to be found in not having enough of it sometimes. It makes the … Continue reading →

I realized that I had not looked for my article on the National Kidney Foundation website www.kidney.org. in a long time. So tonight I checked and was excited to find it.  The article is about finding a good pharmacist.  Look for it in The  Transplant Chronicles. I was … Continue reading →

Why is it that when you get up in the mornig it seems that the day has plenty of time in it? But by the time it is supper time there is so little of it left and you still … Continue reading →

I’m on my first dead line. My stress level is already increasing, but it is exciting at the same time. This needs to be done, that , something else somes up. I will take it one step at a time and get it … Continue reading →

Writers should support each other. Tonight in the cold rain I went out to support a writer I didn’t even know, and was glad I did. In other businesses computition seems to be the norm. But the writing world isn’t that way the … Continue reading →

Tonight I have nothing to say, which is saying something for me. But when you have nothing to say or the muse has left you, you still have to write. Tonight is a example of that.  In the book Writing down the … Continue reading →

My daughter and I went to see the movie 27 Dresses this afternoon.I’m a  sucker for a good romance movie. And it was one. But the writer in me studies the movie picking out the conflict- internal and external.  I paid special … Continue reading →

Meetings are not what I consider the best use of my time on most days. But being a member of a group of writers is important. It is not only a great way to network, learn something new about my craft, but … Continue reading →

Today a young man in one of my classes told a story about working with a girl who used “big words” when she spoke that he didn’t understand. One day she said, “I’m just inarticulate, today.” He didn’t know what she meant. She explained the … Continue reading →

I’m not computer savvy. At all. But I do have a person that I can ask for help with a computer. It is nice to know that when I’m stomped that there is someone I can call on. I had an … Continue reading →