When my friend Dan Carubia told me this story, I asked if I could use it as a guest post faster than you can say “hat trick.” Sometimes it is okay to let time play a serendipitous trick … 14 Again (A Guest Post by Dan Carubia) As soon as I saw him walk past me, […]
Choosing to Write
Laura Hillenbrand Quote: For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn`t do my homework so I could write. Today I go to the Camp Gordon Johnston Museum and Reunion in Carrabelle, […]
The Fifth Sister (A Mama Kat Writing Workshop Prompt)
Mama Kat had five great writing prompts this week. Random.org handed me number three: “A Memorable Neighbor.” I was reminded of a “memorable neighbor(s)” when I visited Orange Park, Florida, over Martin Luther King weekend. I had gone there to meet up with people I had known as part of the Rainbow Girls and Order of Demolay oh-so-long-ago, […]
Wordless Wednesday (Old Nana Edition)
An entry into the “inadvertently very humorous typo” Hall of Fame: (Photo Credit: Hillary Lavin)
One More Month (A Reverb 11 Prompt)
I have been totally immersed in a proofreading project most of the weekend, and as Sunday night approached I was wishing I had built myself a little library of “ready-to-go” posts. At the same time, I was visualizing my response to the March 2011 #Reverb10/#Reverb11 prompt: If March 2011 was your last month to live, how […]
The Inspirational Facebook Group No One Wanted to Create (A Mama Kat Writing Prompt)
The Mama Kat’s writing prompt I ended up with this week is “What inspired you this week?” It is hard to choose just one thing. I got to see Nick earn his completion certificate from the Tallahassee Teen Challenge Men’s Program. He shared his testimony in this post about Teen Challenge’s Car Care Program. I met his wife, […]