I came across a conversation thread yesterday, full of vitriol for those who choose to work in direct sales. I cannot speak for those who were posting the negative opinions as to whether they have direct personal experience or simply observational experience of others, but it left me sad and feeling insulted. In my time…
A friend posted a copy of this picture the other day. It wrapped my heart in a cloak of sadness and sucked the breath right out of my lungs. I know that grief. That crushing weight, the one that clouds your mind and squeezes joy out of your heart. It finds you…when you expect it…
Me, when I get home from a writing conference. Motivation? Check. Now to establish and maintain the habit… I recently completed Chris Fox’s book “Lifelong Writing Habit.” If you haven’t read it and aim to have a daily writing habit…pick it up or download it today! That, coupled with *finally* approaching the point where Baby…
This was me, today at one o’clock. Actually, probably more like ten a.m. See, I signed up for Fiction War (a flash fiction challenge) with all intentions of writing a story! Writing something! And using the $$ I shelled out as incentive to get it done. Sadly, that was money down the drain. One evening…
The other week we were gathered in the kitchen after dinner – me, hubby, Big Dude, Little Man and my in-laws. My father-in-law stepped into the garage to take some food to the overflow refrigerator and shut the door behind him. (Little Man is lightning fast and LOVES to play out there.) Well, it turns…
My regular readers have probably noticed the missing book reviews of the past couple of weeks. I’m still reading and mentally making notes, and the pile of to-reads mounts at a faster pace than the “have reads,” so I’m not without material! What can I say? Life happens. Baby Boy arrived almost two weeks early from…
When Big Dude was two, he did not speak much. In fact, he talked so little that we ended up in speech therapy for an evaluation. During that evaluation, the therapist gave him a set of keys (real keys) and observed his actions with them. At one point she turned her attention to me for some additional…
This picture explains so much, right? Some time ago, I came across a social media post by a NY Times best-selling author. Her daughter had received an evaluation from her teacher with remarks about the girl’s tendency to daydream. She took a picture of the evaluation and posted it with her response! The author-mother applauded her daughter,…
On Call in Hell Author: Cdr Richard Jadick © 2007 with Thomas Hayden Publisher: NAL Caliber (Penguin) Genre: Non-fiction, Autobiography / Memoir Subgenre: War – military, Medical, War Memoir, History Reviewer: Sara Book received by: Purchased at book fair Synopsis: The memoir of Commander Richard Jadick tells the story of his time in Iraq during…
Otis Author / Illustrator: Loren Long © 2009 Publisher: Philomel Books Genre: Children’s Books Subgenre: Farm life, Cars, Trains & Things That Go, Friendship Reviewer: Sara Book received by: Gift Synopsis: Otis the tractor loves his farm and the work he does there. His beloved farmer brings home a calf one day who…
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