Author: tinafriesen

  • Does my life look the way I want it to look?

    Something needs to change around here. I was away on holidays for two weeks. When I returned, we moved so I spent that week finding places for things. The next week I started my website and it took a lot of time to figure out what I was doing. This…

  • Finding your voice

    I am sitting with my laptop at the dining table while my husband queries me from across the room about why I haven’t been editing my novel. Nearly a month has gone by since I asked for six months. Have I been working on it? I tell him no. To…

  • The pain passes but the beauty remains

    I have been in a lot of pain recently. For some reason my neck is giving me trouble. Today I thought about the artist, who, crippled by arthritis continued to paint the great cathedrals in Europe. When someone asked him why, he responded, “The pain passes, but the beauty remains.”…

  • Boundaries? What’s that?

    I am very poor at setting boundaries. Not in every area, but when it comes to my time. There are things I really need to say no to, so that I can say yes to what is important, like my writing, for instance. But I have this tendency to bend,…

  • This blog is about writing

    This blog is about writing, in case you didn’t notice. I mean, what could give you a clue? Dewdrops on green leaves, maybe? This is my main site, and I’m so proud of getting my own name as the domain name. Well, pride isn’t really a factor, because it was…

  • A few more snags

    I’m trying to put widgets on my sites, but the ones I’ve imported are frozen. It happened when I tried to link to Facebook. They won’t open and they won’t move. I feel rather helpless, but maybe this will eventually sort itself out. I closed everything down and now I’ll…

  • Moving along…

    I just deleted the Mr. WordPress “comment” and now this is beginning to look like a for real web page. I’ll warn you, though, it is still under construction. Yesterday I did a lot of work here. When my husband came home I was still in my housecoat. Not true. It was…

  • Starting out…

    There are numerous fascinating blogs out there, and I wish I had more time to read them. The best blogs, I hear, are the ones with a clear focus. My blog will more likely be an eclectic mix, but in time, there might be some focus as well.  In one…