Driving home today I saw a Nova. Are you old enough to remember the Chevrolet Nova? My Dad had one in the 70’s. It was red, like a cinnamon, red hot candy. Really Red. I was young, I do not remember the car that much, other than it being red. And, I remember a conversation…
Today is Slice of Life Tuesday and since many participants in this weekly forum hosted by TwoWritingTeachers.org are educators, my blog today focuses on an educational topic. It is also a post that applies to parents and offers encouragement to allow your student to find their strengths, whether or not those strengths fall within the…
My husband and I always have projects going. This spring we have many. One of the projects I mentioned in previous posts was ripping up the flooring in the lower level of our home. We had berber carpeting that needed to be replaced due to pet damage. The project is about a month old, and…
Today, I was driving to an event sponsored by my place of employment. It was a foraging hike about 80 miles away from where I live. It’s been a busy week, so last night I finally got around to writing the introduction I was going to say prior to hiking. As I drove, I was…
What follows in a piece of free writing that I did two weekends ago after a Hike and Write workshop. I have not yet gotten to edit but thought I would publish what ten minutes of an uninterrupted stream of consciousness writing produced. I was happy with the results. Now, to fine-tune it. Tell me…
Today, I made a decision to close my Etsy shop, Carol’s Jewelry Orchard. It’s been open for ten years! Ten Years! Wow! I seriously do not know where the time has gone. During the ten years of making affordable, handcrafted jewelry, I progressed as an artist. What started as a need to have something of…