Category: Musings

  • Down to the wire

    Who AM I? In high school and college, I was the nerdy kid so many loved to hate: I finished papers early and often set the curve. The semester I spent in England, I turned in my British Studies research paper  — on “Wuthering Heights” — early so I could get feedback from my adviser […]

  • Making a dent in the ol’ TBR pile?

    A new theory has been simmering in my brain for the last few weeks. Want to hear it? Of course you do. If you didn’t, you wouldn’t be reading my blog, right? Authors — and readers — have TBR piles. More likely than not, they’re towering TBR piles that threaten to topple over because we’re […]

  • Gym class memories

    The most recent snowstorm that socked Flagstaff left me wearing snowboots. They’re heavy, clunky boots that, while keeping my feet dry and at least a little warm, tend to gobble my socks. Because of their penchant for leaving me with one sock off and the other half on, I can’t wait to shed these pain-in-the-a$$ […]

  • Not much love — or laughter

    Love and laughter have been in short supply in my little corner of the Internet, and for that I apologize. I’ll try to blog more often. I want Love & Laughter to grow better … faster … stronger in 2013. Yes, that’s in addition to all the REAL writing I’m planning to do this year. […]