Monthly Archives: April 2011
Flagstaff adventure
Nancy Pickard and I met through her blog a few years ago, and cemented our friendship on my numerous trips across the country and a week spent together at the Writers Retreat Workshop (she was teaching and I was an eager student). … Continue reading
A Writerly Day
I’m spending the day with my writer friend Nancy Pickard! Woo hoo! If you haven’t read her books, why not? I’ll be back with stories!
It’s My Job – Jimmy Buffett/Mac McAnally
This was my anthem yesterday. A 14-hour work day, with a break for breakfast and a shower. Which left no brain cells for blogging. Maybe this weekend I’ll find time to write something creative. In the meantime, this is one … Continue reading
Arizona sunset
We hiked along the edge of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve last night, and ended at a table near the condo complex’s mountain pool to watch the sunset. And play with camera settings! This one reminds me of Michelangelo’s “The Creation … Continue reading
The annual picture!
I finally downloaded the pictures from my camera of my Florida trip (yes, I’m back. I guess I forgot to tell you that!). So here’s the pictures from Harpoon Harry’s – it’s a tradition we’ve repeated for many years. Harpoon … Continue reading
Jingle reminder
As my brother-in-law puts it, a gentle reminder that if you were so inclined, you could vote in the Folgers Jingle contest. You could win the grand prize of $10,000, or one of the daily prizes of $100 gift cards, … Continue reading
Working and voting
Quick note. Burning the candle at however many ends there are. Little sleep, too much work. No time to play. Hopefully this weekend I’ll get some sleep, and catch up on everything I haven’t done while I was working and … Continue reading
Ego and animals
Two of the blogs I read regularly are Honey Rock Dawn and The Daily Coyote, both written by the same woman (Shreve), someone I’d love to meet. She traveled across the country on a Vespa, fell in love, moved out to … Continue reading
Desert island music
Last week when I was visiting my sis and BIL, we tried to list the five albums (okay, CDs – we’re showing our age) that we’d want to have on a desert island with us. (Remember, this is just a … Continue reading
A long and happy life
My friend Warren (click here to read his very funny blog and here to buy his very wonderful cookbook) did a post on his blog yesterday that featured a version of his bucket list. As is usually the case with … Continue reading
Beth Hanggeli 