I’m in heaven right now. I spent the weekend all by myself. Alone. Just me. Did I mention I had the weekend to myself? I retreated to a hotel in my beautiful historic city and spent two glorious days locked inside my room. No TV. No noise. My husband gets credit for arranging this get-away. [...]
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November 30th, 2009
MyMeWriMo
Today marks the end of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo.) During NaNoWriMo, writers around the world pound on their keyboards in a just-for-fun race to complete a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. The purpose? Quantity not Quality. You’ll find this on the NaNoWriMo website: “Make no mistake: You will be writing a lot of crap. And that’s a good [...]
August 20th, 2009
Harriet was on to something…
I have fond memories of going to the grocery store with my grandmother. While she browsed Doscher’s, I’d slip next door to the Book Bag. I’d sit on the floor and read Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary books, and wait for MeMa to come back to get me. Then I’d smile sweetly and convince her to buy [...]
May 26th, 2009
We interrupt these deep thoughts…or confessions of a perfectionist…or Angie’s top 3 embarrassing moments.
Yep, I admit it. I’m a perfectionist. Clearly far from perfect but known to obsess over the small stuff. Lately, in all of my blogging bliss, my nemesis, Little Miss Perfect, has reared her superior well-coiffed head. She loves to point out when I make a tiny little mistake, and then she taunts me for [...]
May 27th, 2008
Attention, Perfectionists!
I confess. The perfectionist I’m calling attention to is me. A good friend of mine and my husband each pointed out some misspellings and typos in my last blog post. My first instinct was to freak out. What will my subscribers think of me? Then I decided to receive the lesson the universe was sending [...]
