My Blog

  • Where to find my more recent articles

    I have moved my writing over to Substack. Thank you for reading! I would be delighted to see you support my work by subscribing to my Substack blog, Another View. Read more

  • 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 myself I think that I Read more

  • 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.” Writing requires discipline, persistence, all Read more

  • 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, to be flexible, to allow Read more

  • 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 merely a matter of availability, Read more

  • 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 see if it makes a Read more

  • 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 his housecoat. He thought I Read more

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