This isn’t the kind of photo you expect at this time of year, but I just returned from visiting my 95 yr. old mother in her personal care home and…
The Winter of Her Life
The Promise of Rainbows
Yesterday, I spotted this double rainbow. It just came out of nowhere. There’s something about that old story, the one about the pot of gold at the end of a…
Writing is ReWriting (and what a pencil can tell us)
Writing is rewriting. It’s not only about finding the errors, it’s also about finding better words and phrasing to express what you want to say and make your story sing.…
Writing as an escape
Talk to any writer and they’ll invariably say, they have to write. I was told many years ago by an astrologist, that if I didn’t get a computer, I’d go…
Ukrainian Easter
It`s a day of reflection for me, as our family is under the weather and not attending church this year. We`ll have Easter dinner and admire the pysanky (Ukrainian Easter…
Nature’s Lessons
I continue to be amazed every spring when new growth appears in the garden. All that was dormant awakens and begins again, stronger and larger in many cases. It’s that…
Why Men Fight
In my historical novel, Sunflowers Undedr Fire, I write about the time my grandfather decided to fight for the Tsar’s army in the Great War. My grandfather told my grandmother…
Endings
My visit to my mother in the personal care home is ending, but the memories of our visit will carry me until the next time, if there is one. She…
My Mother’s Stories
I’m visiting my 95 year old mother in a personal care home. My mother was a wonderful storyteller but now her mind is failing. She can no longer remember details,…
More on the The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
In discussing the Stieg Larsson’s novel, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, with a friend yesterday, I was reminded about why I like reading this book so much. She mentioned…