This Writer’s List of Birthday Gratitude
This weekend, I have had much for which to give thanks. My birthday celebration started on Friday morning, and today, just before 7am, it continues with a house full of friends still here for the...
View ArticleShop Small, Shop Local, Shop Like a Writer
It’s Black Friday. I will not be waiting in line for anything, except maybe for a cup of coffee at our local coffee shop, but that’s only if I get out of the house. I’m just not a big fan of crowds,...
View ArticleStuff Andi and Her Writer Friends Want
I was going to try to make a fancy title – “Gifts for the Writer’s Heart” maybe or “If you love a writer . . . ” But this title is much more honest. These are things that my friends and I want to make...
View ArticleMy Arms Aren’t Long Enough
Yesterday, a HUGE package came to my house, the first formal delivery since I’ve lived here. The Fed Ex man wooed Meander with biscuits and handed me a giant box. I put it on the coffee table and cut...
View ArticleThe Impossible Task of Unloading Trees
The truck pulled up, and I thought – “There is no earthly way.” Dad had brought over a trailer loaded with trees to help screen off the farmhouse for more privacy. The thing was that he had brought...
View Article3 Perfect Gifts for Writers that You Should Never Give Us – 8th Most Popular...
Originally Posted on September 7, 2012 The people in my life are amazing. They get me things I will use, things I will appreciate, things that speak to who I am in the world. In fact, they get me so...
View ArticleToday’s Astonishment with Thanks to Mary Oliver
Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. — Mary Oliver © 2007 Photocapy, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio I don’t really know how to tell about this life where a red...
View ArticleGifts for the Wordy People in Your Life
My reading has been SLOW this week since I’ve been in book launch mode. (More on that in a few days.) But I have been loving the round-ups of readerly and writerly things going around, including this...
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