A Song Not Scored For Breathing

It's dark outside yet. A few hours until the sun rises. We've had mild weather for all of November. It makes the winter seem a month...

I will never win an award for housekeeping. I am surrounded by sister-in-laws who keep orderly houses as if it is no effort at all. I have n...

"I do believe that one day I won't even take so much notice of my life but let it be as it is and trust that as I open myself to Go...

I reached the 40K mark in my novel last night by sheer grit and determination. The more I try and hit these milestones the more convinced I...

I'm playing Scramble on Facebook as an avoidance tactic for writing on my novel. I have 6500 words due today and I feel lost. I know whe...

In preparation for a conversation that I really didn't want to have, I sat in silence for 20 minutes this afternoon. In those 20 minute...

" The comedy of grace is that it so often comes to us as loss, sorrow, and foul-smelling waste; if it came as gain, gladness, and sweet...

A new day. I laid in bed this morning for a while and prayed. I feel really calm. And full of hope. Whatever life throws my way today I don...

I'm turning down the corners on favourite pages of the library book I'm currently reading. Wouldn't that get a harsh look from ...

"Writing fiction is like being an alcoholic. You create a crisis and immerse yourself in what happens next." There was collective...

I have 45 minutes before my doctor's appointment so here I am, typing as fast as I can. It was a shock to the system to have the alarm g...

I opened my email this morning to find a note telling me today is PH Awareness Blogging Day . You can find a list here of bloggers who are ...

School buses are being cancelled today. So much ice and snow make for wretched road conditions. Lovely, lovely weather. We're supposed t...

There's still 3,000 more words to write tonight. What, oh what will my main character do next to warrant such a word count? God only kn...

Routine pleases me. I don't know how others start or end their day but sometimes to entertain myself, I picture the people I'm with ...

It's early. Too early. I was so determined to sleep in today. C'est la vie. I'm listening to goldie oldies on the radio as I typ...

This is Saturday's post written on Friday night. I am so, so weary tonight. No spoons . Not sure what's going on with my body but I...

Friday. But then you already knew that. Appointments in town. Freezing rain in the forecast again. It's one way of wishing winter would ...

Butt glue was in high demand today as I churned out enough words to hit the 20,000 word mark in NaNoWriMo . Ugh. I sat and wrote out a synop...

It's snowing to beat the band out there and there's a wind warning to boot. The last time there was a wind warning several huge tree...