Archive for May, 2008
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Writing about love affairs
Well, it’s another day writing on the screened porch for me. Nice breezes, and the dogwood tree petals (now sadly spent) fluttering down onto the lawn like a mild snowfall, the kind you don’t have to shovel.
But it was a hard day just the same, because I’ve now reached the point in my novel where [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in fiction writing by sandi
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Babysitting adventures in modern life
When I was young and used to make my living by babysitting, here is how things usually worked:
1. Someone called me on the phone and asked me to babysit.
2. I said yes.
3. At the appointed hour, I went to the house, and the parents left, while the children screamed and carried on as though [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in family, kids by sandi
Monday, May 12th, 2008
The first Mother’s Day without my mother
My mother wasn’t really a fan of Mother’s Day. She always said it was one of your hokier holidays–just filled up with enforced sentiment and guilt, and whether her kids remembered it or not was no big deal to her. But we did it up just the same, the way children love to do: breakfast in [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in crazy mothers, holidays, real life by sandi
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
It’s good to have goals
It is just disgusting how some people never get around to writing on their blogs. I have so much to say and yet somehow, as my children remind me, I never seem to write any of it down. Why? Why? WHY?
Well, it’s because I am working on my new novel…and I’m now teaching two writing workshops [...]
