In her 1934 classic, Becoming a Writer, Dorothea Brande encourages hopeful writers to develop a daily habit of writing several pages—of anything—first thing in the morning. I recall the same advice from Natalie Goldberg in Writing Down the Bones.
I never could get into the habit of “morning pages,” but the whole point of that was [...]
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31 Jul
Speed
20 May
Upon a Quick Stop in to Search for an Old Post. . .
I was inspired to write bad poetry. . .
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Poor beautiful, poor neglected,
Poor unfortunate blog.
You look really nice,
but you’re such a time hog.
If I wasn’t penning a novel,
I’d keep you up to date.
Blog sweet, blog impatient,
You’ll just have to wait!
13 Mar
Lent
Hello, Friends!
Hope you are having a beautiful Lenten season so far. Mine has been a busy one, with my husband out of town for a few days last week; some illness in the family (colds, flu, the usual winter stuff); working on my novel; keeping up with the daily Mass readings.
I got word this past [...]
12 Feb
Guilt Post
What a bad blogger I’ve been.
I’ve been completely busy writing my novel—the one I started plotting about 17 years ago—and have had no desire to blog at all. I haven’t even been READING, and if you know me, you know that’s totally bizarre, because normally I have my nose stuck in a [...]
6 Nov
I’m on Sick Leave!
Hi.
Remember the other day, when I said I thought I was catching a cold?
Consider it caught.
I feel like crap and not the least little bit like blogging. But still, I know I had said I was going to write about beauty and recommend a fabulous novel. Those things are just going to have to wait [...]
27 Oct
The Fate of This Blog…
Dear Friends,
I was kind of looking forward to the one-year anniversary of my blog (next month). I’ve been working on some things that I wanted to post, including my conversion story, which is finally finished. A year ago today, I received the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Catholic Church. Last night after Mass, I stopped [...]
14 Oct
Bit o’ Break
Dear Ones,
(That’s “dear-ones” not “dear 1’s!”)
I always try to be so on-the-ball—getting my Simple Woman’s Daybook posted first thing every Monday.
Well, you may have noticed I totally missed it this week. I’ve got recipes to post, a few new thoughts to share, maybe a picture or two…..but my mind is in another world right now, [...]
15 Sep
The Simple Woman’s Daybook for 9/15/08
Outside My Window…The sun is not up yet. Even so, it’s warm. I’ve got a red pepper ripe and ready to pick out in the porch garden. My marigolds are still going to town, even though I’ve been bad and haven’t deadheaded them like I should.
I am thinking…About all the ideas I have for novels. [...]
9 Sep
Recipe: Stack-A-Meal
My husband, Brian, first made this dish for me when we were in college. I took one look at it and went, “What in the world is this?” It seemed like such an odd combination of ingredients.
And yet, it is sooooo good. It’s one of my favorite things to have for supper. [...]
28 Jul
Simple Woman’s Daybook for Monday, July 28, 2008
Outside My Window…It’s a bright, blue-sky day. Out on the back porch, I see that the last of the kitchen garden produce is ripening (tomatoes, peppers); the marigolds are looking cheerful as ever.
I am thinking…About how much work there is to do! My parents are visiting us, and [...]
