Morning Walk While everyone was still sleeping, I went for a Thanksgiving morning walk. I slipped out to make sure the rain had stopped and saw Cooper-Clyde patiently waiting by the window, making sure I didn’t leave him behind. I put on my inexpensive sneakers, leashed up Ruby and Cooper-Clyde, and slipped out the front door into the chilly, overcast morning. This is not my usual routine. I’m usually rolling over to snuggle with my husband about the time my sneakers made…
Thanksgiving I’ve always enjoyed Thanksgiving. The food, family, laughter, wine glasses clinking. During a recent genealogy search, it just got real. Guess what I found? I found Sarah Josepha Buell Hale. Sarah is my great, great, great, great, great grandfather’s great granddaughter on another line. In a nutshell, she is my distant cousin. The fact that she wrote the words to Mary Had a Little Lamb tickled me. Sarah Josepha Buell Hale Do you see any resemblance? Sarah is known as…
Writing, Editing, Proofing, Oh My. Sometimes writing is like walking the yellow, brick, road with Dorothy and Toto. “Writing, Editing, Proofing, Oh My.” This month is National Novel Writing Month. Known to writers as NaNoWriMo. The goal is to get a novel written in thirty days. You heard that right, thirty days. I have a hard time deciding on a purse to purchase within thirty days, and you expect me to write a novel? Several well known authors benefited from NaNoWriMo….