So we decided to get a motor home, and my husband became married to a motor home online sales site. He searched all the time, sometimes showing me the ones way beyond our price and others within range but not configured the way we wanted. We looked at a few and they were intriguing in…
we did have the good fortune of having cats in the family prior to those marriages. So what made me think of this? I saw a Siamese cat, a beautiful brown point, sitting on a porch as my husband and I were driving home today from the store. And I just starting thinking about my…
Today I was introducing the idea that interpreting poetry is heavily based in the personal experience and knowledge of the reader. I wanted my students to have a strong grasp on perspective and how it influences how we look at things. So I found several Escher pictures online (http://mcescher.com/) and one by one (via the…
I remember when I first starting thinking about writing my book In Times Passed. I worked at a factory and was a product grader. I would pull off the line anything that didn’t meet quality requirements. Doesn’t take much thought or intelligence, just good automaton-like reflexes. I would listen to music, day dream, write letters in…
I love to read. I can do it anywhere. Long ago,when my parents would get into an argument, I would pick up a book and start reading. The sound of them would just disappear. I would dive into the story, think about the characters and what was happening to them, or read a really great…
My husband and I used to own an old red, full-size Dodge truck. I drove it quite a bit, and being a small woman, it always made me feel as though I was doing something unusual. I would see my petite hands wrapped around the over-sized steering wheel, surprisingly slender, the flat bench seat seeming…
I have always viewed writing as a way to create moving pictures in a person’s mind. Sometimes the movement is just the steady closing in on the moment of discovery when everything is crystal clear, intense, sharp to the senses. Other times the view is like the image made by a really fine film camera…
As promised, this post is about a mind mapping program I downloaded onto my iPhone. It is called Simplemind and is user-friendly and versatile. I wanted something like Freemind, but for my phone for when I am away from my computer but want to map out an idea for a story, lesson plan or even…
