The small fussy person in our household has determined that bedtime shall be at 10-10:30 every night without fail. Normally this is not a problem. But last night, I just was not tired.
Solution: bring writing to bed. I have an ancient Palm IIIe whose Memo Pad works just fine for writing scenes and stories (and [...]
Archive for January, 2007
The Mama sandwich
Posted in Uncategorized on January 31, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Doing what comes naturally
Posted in Uncategorized on January 15, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Before Hamlet’s brother* was born, I heard from several moms who all told me: writing can wait; motherhood comes first.
They’re halfway right. Over the last three years, I’ve often rearranged my business plan–even deadlines and potential opportunities–to accommodate Hamlet. At the risk of professionalism? Probably; “family-friendly” isn’t a quality that extends indefinitely, even from the [...]
Reflux redux
Posted in Uncategorized on January 10, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I was really, really hoping to avoid it this time. To the extent that I cut dairy from my diet the moment Hamlet’s little brother, at two weeks of age, started to spit up and generally seem uncomfortable with digestion. But alas, just a few weeks after that, we started to hear milk come back [...]
In memoriam, Part III
Posted in Uncategorized on January 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Don Murray died this past Saturday.
In addition to being a world-class writer, he was a class human being, too. I can say that with certainty not only because of the way his students talk about him, but also because of the way he treated me way back before I was a professional writer – while [...]
