Archive for July, 2008
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
A sad story of the decline of pie
I am sorry to have to tell you a sad story about pie. I know you have your own troubles, and you don’t need to worry about pie.
But we all need to band together to stop the declines wherever we find them.
Here’s the thing: last week I had to drive out to Essex along [...]
13 Comments » - Posted in life and death by sandi
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Writing fiction on trains
I can’t think of anyplace I’d rather write than on a train. In fact, if I were rich, I think I would just ride back and forth all day long, typing away, pausing to look out the window at the scenery rushing past.
My friend Louise was asking me why train cars make such good offices–and [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in fiction writing by sandi
Saturday, July 19th, 2008
Midsummer: Saturday morning
I might as well admit it: September 1st is creeping ever closer. It is now, in fact, LOOMING. Which means that I should be finished with at least the first draft of this novel. I mean, I don’t think that editors are going to come to my house and seize my laptop or anything…but I would like [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in fiction writing, real life by sandi
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Puppies, puppies, puppies
I swear that I’m not simply going to keep feeding you You Tube videos…actually, I’d planned to write about the lovely hostas in my garden that look like girls in big skirts, but then my friend Beth sent me this wonderful video of a man who, in my book, is a genius. Genius trumps hostas [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized, dog, video by sandi
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
This makes me so ridiculously happy
No doubt you’ve already seen this and have been happy for WEEKS…but I have just discovered it.
Now that my baby birds have flown away, this is my new way of cheering myself up. Watch it and enjoy–be sure your volume is turned on!
7 Comments » - Posted in fun by sandi
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
My responsibilities to the world of baby birds
Summer writing is very different from winter writing, I’ve found. This summer I am stationed out on the screened porch…which looks, I know, like a very calm and placid world. I mean, as long as it’s not raining, of course.
I sit out here and work on my novel, drink iced tea, and every now and then [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in fiction writing, life and death, real life by sandi
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
The triumph of the vacuum cleaner
I have been having such a terrible problem, one so dicey that I haven’t wanted to bother you with it, you lovely person out there in cyberspace living your happy life.
For weeks now, I would be writing my novel…and my computer would just SHUT DOWN. No warning, no blue screen, no apologies. It would simply go [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in real life, writing by sandi
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
The summer visitor chronicles, part one
It is summer, and despite the fact that airlines are charging passengers now for the oxygen they breathe and for the right to sit squished into a seat, thank goodness people are still getting on planes and flying around the country.
Two weeks ago, Bloglily, whom I only know from reading her very delightful blog, came to [...]