Disney Flash Back Friday Toys
Toys! I love being known as the Disney-phile at my office. Today a friend came in to see me. She had been at a flea market where her companion bought a box of miscellaneous stuff for 2 bucks. As she sorted it, she came across three items she intended to throw away. My friend stopped [...]
Disneyland FlashBack Friday (June, 2000)
These were taken the year after I moved to Tulsa. I went back for a quick visit home, and of course had to visit the Happiest Place on Earth. It was their 45th anniversary. Wow time flies, eh? And I had to go early, despite the rain,to the Character Breakfast at Plaza Inn. Eeyore came [...]
Disneyland FlashBack Friday (Jungle Cruise 2007)
One of my favorite rides of all time is the Jungle Cruise. When I was a kid and there were still tickets for rides, the boys (who were older) got the “E” ticket attractions. But I got the “D” ticket – and that was for the Jungle Cruise! In 2007, three generations of us played [...]
Welcome to “Interesting Times”
There’s an old curse that has been handed down in my family for years: “May you live in interesting times. Maryanne Huber’s new book, “Interesting Times,” is four stories linked together by four women who are each at a turning point in their lives. Briana, the young daughter of a powerful landholder, finds an unexpected [...]
Needing my Laughing Place.
Time is getting a way from me this week. It is the first day of school at the college for whom I work and schedules are packed. Additionally, two kids are in the last days of Band Camp before their school year begins and the oldest is off experiencing college for the first time. In [...]
Opinion: Letting the Terrorists Win?
Ten years and a little over a month ago we found out the hard way how easy it is for somebody who hates us to jump over our fence and knock down our sand castles. The horrific and terrifyingly effective way the World Trade Center buildings crashed to the ground was more than the terrorists [...]
Getting Fear out of the Driver’s Seat
I wrote an article yesterday that compared being driven with being motivated. As I was doing my research and putting it all together, I realized that this is a concept I’ve thought about and struggled with many times, but never in such a succinct manner. It all boils down to this: Fear drives you. Reward [...]
Writing Through Major Events
My oldest son graduates from high school this week. It’s wonderful and bittersweet to see him close this chapter in his life and face a brand new chapter with excitement and a little fear. It’s also really tough to keep my writing quotas and meet my deadlines with all of the upheaval. When I first [...]
Writing When I Don’t Wanna Write
Sometimes it can be so tough to open up the word processor and start working. Today is one of those days. Last night I finished installing all of my files and updates on a brand new computer with a brand new monitor. I got it all put together just in time to go to bed, [...]
Gotta Keep Typing
When people ask me what I do for a living, I usually tell them I’m a freelance writer. That’s a nice, broad explanation of the way I bring in enough money to pay the bills. It covers the blogs and articles I’m paid for, and it could cover the part time captioning work I do [...]
-
Click the picture above to browse our photos at FineArtAmerica.com.
