Do you listen to music while you work? Do you listen to music while you write, whether it be an email, a report, or the composition of a poem? The answer for me is a little bit complicated. I like to listen to music, and there are songs or pieces that can catapult me...
I’ve been having trouble working on my writing lately. When that happens, I often turn to other ways of being creative. I have been making some desultory progress on some knitting and crocheting projects. And last week I bought some plants at a local Ace...
My daughter and I flew around the world to Australia, to spend some time with family. This photo of Gunnamatta Beach is my favorite from the trip. We saw some incredible sights and it was wonderful to get to experience a part of the world I had never been to before....
We’re in the middle of a winter storm. 5-8 inches predicted if you believe one source, 3-6 if you go with another. Anyway, slick roads, the muffling of sounds that comes with a heavy blanket of snow, temperatures way down near zero. We lost one of our ducks to...
It is cold in this part of the world. We don’t have a lot of snow yet in Pittsburgh, but temperatures have been below freezing since November left and December began. We are a household with many beloved pets, and sadly the cat that has been with our family the...
