Serenity… refocus – seek joy – thrive

I have a new post up at The Book of Louis, talking about the New York Times Disunion article, How Slavery Really Ended in America. The Disunion series itself is fascinating to me, because I know only the basics of Civil War history. Ta-Nehisi Coates, when he was in his U.S. Civil War phase (he [...]

Well, one of my other sites, anyway. The family history one. I was kind of ignoring it for a while, but then a history teacher and researcher visited to talk about some of my ancestral family members. He lives in the area where they were born and raised and he knows quite a bit more [...]

It’s late, far too late for me to write anything that makes a lot of sense. I get up early – sometimes *very* early, like 3:30 AM – so that I can work without interruption for a time while everything is quiet. Which, of course, means that by this time of night I am not [...]

I need to spend this weekend cleaning house and doing a bunch of neglected stuff. Since I always need a distraction, even from my distractions, I’m also going to be seeking out and gathering together resources. History stuff, writing, anything else that catches my fancy, and filling in some pages here and at thebookoflouis.com (which [...]

That I am at one of those points where the only sensible thing to do is stand still and do none of it.  Or so it seems, anyway.

Why don’t they just say they blew the whale up? I know what they mean, and the whale was sick and all that… but still, that’s like saying death row prisoners in Utah (or wherever that is they have firing squads) are “euthanized with bullets”.

I have a quiet evening here, finally, but I have so many scattered thoughts tumbling around in my brain that I cannot form any of them into a cohesive post. So… just natterings, then! I visited my ex-husbands Facebook page today (I don’t believe I have him “friended”, though we are friendly) and came across [...]

Gah, I have a familiar song going through my head that refuses to identify itself. Why don’t computers have ears? How perfect would it be if, instead of pulling your hair out in frustration, you could just hum a few bars into the computer mic and have it come up with the correct name? Also, [...]

So, the book is finally taking shape – in my head, at least. I have the main plotline(s) down and the way it is set up is perfect for a series. If I can do it right, it will have all the elements that I was looking for; relevance to today’s world, yet lots of [...]

It is so very quiet here. The kids are away. Mom is in bed. And for the first time today there is silence, except for the city noises which always exist. A door slamming, a muted laugh, footsteps on the sidewalk. photo via Sanchovi’s flickr  I am tired, but it seems a shame to waste [...]