achievement | achievement
Feb.26.2013
I’m wearing a new badge of honour. It’s on my deltoid muscle that bulges round as the curve of a mango. I trained and worked hard to earn it and I’m proud to display it. I’ve been told it looks silly, displaying such a tattoo.
It sits in strong contrast against my tanned arm and says, ‘MS 24 HR...
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Dec.22.2012
Reading others' writing blogs, thinking about work and life, you come to the quintessential facet of your endeavors about how your measure progress and success.
Writing blogs are thick with lofty goals. Word counts, story counts, submission counts. People state, "I'm going to write and...
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Nov.16.2012
November 16
DOWN THE UPSIDE
On the downside of a rising star there is too much fear. Anticipation is recommended for ascent, delight should be encouraged, but all out alarm is usually sounded whether it is needed or not. Panic dims the shining pleasure...
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Jun.29.2012
It's been quite a week. I just spent the last several days at an educator's conference, where I had the opportunity to present on the use of interactive mapping tools in a classroom environment. Although it was a fantastic experience, it did disrupt my usual schedule somewhat. I want my...
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Mar.03.2012
As I was running this early morning at the oval track I had a light bulb moment.
Attainable goals are essential in life. In my situation where upsets were unforeseen I see now how valuable having goals are to getting myself out of disappointment and anger.
When I was busy traveling for work,...
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Apr.09.2011
April 9
Up and Down: Round and Round
Like the wheel on my spinning wheel I pump up and down on the treadle and the wheel spins round and round, the roving twists in my hand and yarn is made. Really all I do is tap my foot and gently hold on, pulling occasionally. It is a small...
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Apr.06.2011
A bit of an eye-opener today: an e-friend of mine wrote to say that I should be congratulated, that a 76,000-word, complete novel is a real achievement. Funny that I'd never, not once, thought of it that way. I've always been so hellbent on being published that the actual completion of the...
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Jan.09.2011
January 9
Crestfallen
“Whoa is me, I have crested the rise only to slide down the other side. Hard work and determination culminated in victory but alas it was short lived. Success is barely meaningful if it is permanent. Poor, poor dear, I will have to strive...
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Jul.28.2010
In the summer of 1961, 2 or 3 months shy of my second birthday, I was with my family on vacation on Cape Cod. I remember beginning to climb a dune with my mom and two older sisters. My dad must have stayed behind on the beach with my baby sister. The sand was warm and bunches of grass grew randomly...
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May.08.2010
So far this blog has been about my relationships: with my parents, sisters, young cubs, and with myself. But I haven’t written about the biggest relationship I've been in over the past three years, my novel. When I first decided to write “The Virgin Wife” (oddly, the title came to me before the...
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