If you’re a writer, you tweet, or if you visit social media sites you may have heard of Nanowrimo. The term is an acronym for National Novel Writing Month. The idea is that you start writing on Nov. 1 and you write every day until Nov. 30. If you produce 1,667 words a day, you’ll … Read more
Years ago I wrote a book of ghost stories as a benefit for the San Juan Capistrano Historical Society. It was non-fiction, so to speak. I didn’t make up any of the stories, I just retold the ones I’d grown up with and had come across while researching my history books. These stories became the … Read more
I saw a much-shared Facebook post recently lamenting the fact there aren’t more female action figures. The post went on to criticize Disney because most of their female figures were Princesses and not Superheroes. The premise, I guess, is that little girls need to be able to identify with brawn in order to accomplish great … Read more
In California we do happy dances and share fist bumps when the weather forecast is for rain and it actually falls from the sky. Fog is nice, too, because it keeps wild fires away. To me, fall is when I peruse my cookbooks, check for new online recipes, and surprise my family with nice kitchen … Read more
I’m a writer, but I’m also a homemaker, volunteer, and for a few weeks, a caregiver. Like you, I have meals to cook, laundry to fold, a vacuum cleaner that needs to be given a little exercise now and then. For the past two weeks I’ve added caregiving for a family member recovering from surgery … Read more