A few years ago, I started a new journey in life, one that tested my faith, my endurance, my sleep, my purpose in life, and my knowledge in the Scriptures.It also gave me much joy, fulfillment, new friends, prayer support and laughs. Today, the new journey reached the milestone – The number 500 was significant to […]
After teaching for about 17 years, I found I am addicted to correcting peoples grammar, spelling and punctuation, as captured in this blog. I like collecting signs and adds that should have gone through the final step of editing before being published. The first ad was on craigslist. ***** grate deal – $600 (poulsbo) its grate […]
I was privileged to meet Sister Chick Robin Jones Gunn at a writers’ conference in Oregon months ago. In rereading my notes from her messages, I was so refreshed, I wanted to pass on her encouragement. You might not dream of becoming published, but you all have dreams of using your talents and abilities to […]
After spotting a few signs that showed hints of illiteracy, I decided to articulate a brilliant grammar, punctuation, and spelling tutorial today. I wood hold up signs like Jay Leno does, but DUH, this is a blog, not a TV show. I’ll jist hold up picktures for you to look at. A donut shop we stopped […]
Montana is truly the place where deer and antelope play. I spotted this little beauty on the small mountain behind my parents’ lake cabin. There were two mommies with fawns and several other adult deer in a small herd. They love to come down to the cabins and eat all the flowers, shrubs, trees and […]
Today I committed another major social faux pas. I used to commit them on accident, now I understand the rules of the game and I commit them on purpose. I went into Bellevue without makeup. My fingernails and toenails weren’t even polished. My jean shorts were ragged and had holes because I wore them out, […]
Look at me, I match! I had advice from a friend, Bev, to dress “fun” and “artsy” and to NOT wear a suit to my writers conference. I was relieved to find out I could wear jeans. To me, dressing up is jeans without holes and a shirt that doesn’t have baby urp or paint […]
This is a phrase coined by my close friend, Kirsti, years ago. She observed that whenever I am under a lot of pressure, have too many things on my plate or have something hard to face, I add some project to my life. …something irrelevant…. …something that could wait…. …something that doesn’t affect the outcome […]
