Today was the day I dropped off my taxes at the accountant's office. Whew. That's a load off of my mind, until she calls with questi...

My husband's howl of frustration early yesterday morning had me out of my office chair and racing toward the kitchen. "They did awa...

I have been a freelance writer for 25 years; that is the length of time I've been filing income tax returns with enough money earned fro...

Except for one day, I have been stuck at home since January 29. The January 30 snow trapped me, and I did not make it off the hill until Thu...

When I found out 18 days ago that I would no longer be writing for the newspaper, a job I had coveted since I was 8 years old, I really thou...

I thought I would post a listing of what I wrote in April for the newspaper. This is about what I wrote every month. I am not including 16 o...

The weather’s colder. Money is tighter. Appalachian Power just announced a major increase in the electricity bill. This time of year is down...

Thursday was a most excellent day. The day was warm and the air clear. The recent rains had everything looking clean and pristine. The tree ...

The latest edition of the New Yorker offers an intriguing article, "Out of Print" by Eric Alterman , about the end of newspapers....

In a comment on this entry about a writer's conference I was asked about manuscript submissions. I noted that there was no discussion at...

June from Spatter commented on my last entry about the writer's conference and asked thusly: But I am surprised that self publishing, ...

Today was the writers conference . It lasted from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; I left at 4:15 p.m. I was (and am) very tired. I greeted a lot of peo...

There is a writer's conference this Saturday at the Jefferson Center . I am going. Will I see any of my fellow bloggers there? It actual...

I have in my house stacks of things I have written. Hidden in the closet are journals that I am pretty sure I need to throw away. They are e...

Thirty-five years ago, when adults asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up," my answers were as varied as the days of the ...

Before I launch into what I am hoping will happen next year, I thought I'd look back at what happened in 2007. About this time a year ag...

It happens again. I am in the grocery store, and a voice calls out. "Oh, hi! So nice to see you! How's your husband?" "Oh...

From a press release I received yesterday (emphasis mine): A recent Forest Service determination finds climate change could affect the distr...

It is hard sometimes to write about the things going on around me. Take this quarry thing , for instance, which I started writing about this...

(The above photo was taken Christmas Day, 2004. The smoke is from the cement plant. When the stakes let go, I can see it from my house.) I ...