Monthly Archives: June 2019
Finished!
I’m not blogging today. I’m not blogging today because I’ve been writing for the last five hours and my fingers are tired. My tired fingers and I are really excited, though, because I’ve just today, within the last half hour, finished my next novel! Yup. Done. Well, not really. The story is complete with beginning, … Continue reading
Tuesday’s gift
There is something so fundamentally hearty and good about spending time in small towns. For the past several days, Karl and I have been taking a break from remodeling the new Cheyenne house. We hooked on to the trailer and drove to Encampment on Friday to take part in their 58th annual Woodchoppers Jamboree. Saturday … Continue reading
Right and Wrong
In my childhood, right and wrong were starkly delineated. Black and white. In my parent’s home, there was no middle ground, and when I tried to introduce a grey point, my mother’s answer was inevitable, “What’s right is right, no matter how bad it hurts.” I don’t recall her ever explaining what she meant, I … Continue reading
Power
Stage 4 pancreatic cancer is a nasty diagnosis. The survival rate at five years is only one to three percent. Not good odds for anyone. For a 78-year-old man, truly not hopeful. But. Alex Trebek, who is really one of my very favorite celebrities, has heard that horrid diagnosis and he’s been pretty forthcoming about … Continue reading
