Looking for a pen

Looking for a pen

Courtesy of Google ImagesI spent twenty minutes this afternoon staring at the Back to School section at Target looking for my favorite pens. Surprised to say, I must be the only one who liked them, because I couldn’t find them. I walked out empty handed and...
Another hot day

Another hot day

  Hot. Temperatures are expected to peak at 110 F. In southern California we do expect the heat. This area is a desert, although it doesn’t resemble one any more. We have collectively altered the environment with our green lawns, trees, and swimming pools and of...

The end is near.

Well, not really. I sit here writing this as the calendar is slowly clicking away to November 1st. The first day of NaNoWriMo. A month long celebration or endurance race to write a novel. This will be the first year I have EVER participated in this activity. Right...
Writing Class Begins

Writing Class Begins

  I started a writing class recently. To get here, I must leave my house three hours prior to class – Southern California freeway traffic is brutal and this whole experience is especially so for me, because this is way out of my comfort zone. So, I am sipping an...