A few weeks back, I spent some time on online forums where high school students were talking about applying to colleges. It was research for a very short scene in The Equinox Stone (and I am always guilty of over-researching in my writing.) I was really struck by how these kids seemed to think their future prospects and their whole
Category: Semi-Charmed Life
Hi, friends! I’ve written before about how I always have a movie of the month. In September, my movie was Dead Poets Society, which made me nostalgic for my undergraduate days. It’s funny that the movie had that effect on me, though. For the most part, the boarding school in the movie is a place of conformity, restriction, and heavy-handed (literally)
Update: here’s the link to the podcast! I come in at around 13:45. The weekend before last, I was leaving a coffee shop when I got a call from a friend of mine. Someone had called her and invited her to be a guest on a celebrity podcast based in L.A., but she said no, because she lives in Kansas
A few years ago, I made a list of 101 Life Goals. I’ve actually done some of them! I love this list. When I’m feeling down, reading over it motivates me and cheers me up. Now, you’ve got to be careful what you do with a list like this. Many times I’ve asked myself, “How in the heck did I
In the last couple of weeks, all the parents I know have been preoccupied with getting their kids back to school again. They’re doing back to school shopping for supplies and clothes, thinking about first day outfits, and rearranging schedules. For a long time, school wasn’t a happy place for me. I was always forgetting things, and other kids didn’t
It’s been a few years since I’ve written about Lughnasadh, and it’s on my mind today. What is Lughnasadh? It’s an ancient Celtic harvest festival honoring the sun god Lugh, and it inspired Lammas Day, a festival in Christianity that celebrates the harvest of wheat and other early crops. I’m always interested in somewhat obscure holidays, and I was especially
On Saturday I worked on my novel-in-progress for hours, and then we went to the beach. I’ve written about this before, but sometimes I have trouble taking a break and going to a park or the beach, and I’m always glad when I do it. Honestly, for me, connecting with nature is a key to happiness. It’s easy