Most work days, I leave my desk only to go to the printer, to meetings, or to the ladies room. The rest of the time I’m banging away at the keys, trying to get things done so I can go home at a reasonable time. No one makes me do this. But after several years of working really long hours and feeling the toll on my body, I’m really motivated […]
One of my fears of starting a blog was not having anything to say–even if I was only saying it to myself, which was my original intent with this. I don’t lead a glamorous life. I get up, go to work, come home to spend a couple of hours with the husband, and then climb the stairs to my office aerie to attempt to put words to the page. Social […]
If you don’t know me personally, you might as well learn I have a pair of Ragdoll cats. The kids are grown, I have cats. If I weren’t married, I might have more than two. When I got my babies, I envisioned this wonderful scene with me working at my computer, one cat curled on the desk, the other draped across my shoulders. What I didn’t factor in was that […]
I’m not a political person. I’m not a news junkie; I don’t troll the internet trying to stay on top of things. I do listen to OPB and NPR, and read the occasional CNN web page. That said, something has been bugging me and I want to get it out there at least once. I’m really tired of people bashing President Obama because he hasn’t fixed everything that is wrong […]
Chameleon is undergoing a metamorphosis. I got about two-thirds in and was still grappling with the questions, “What is driving Sam? What does she need? Why does she get involved here? What does she have to lose if the other guys win? How is her strength a flaw?” I need to answer these before I go on, but they have been surprisingly tough questions for me. I do a lot […]
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