The husband and I met in an online chat room long before online dating sites became commonplace. Neither of us were looking for a relationship–probably the opposite. And yet, when we met, everything just clicked. We started our life together almost immediately, and got married a year later. From that point on, all we could do was keep our eyes open and our hands clasped together, holding on to each […]
I’m taking a break from retelling my Libya adventures for tonight. I’ll get back to it, but this weekend my thoughts have been about characters, and how the stories we write need to catch them in the act of living their lives. In a previous post, I wrote about listening to the point of view character’s voice, and using that to color your prose. A teenage girl will observe and […]
This installment will be about two distinct events: The Belt Incident, and How I Ended Up with a German Sister. The Belt Incident One of the hazards of being the oldest child, is getting blamed for things you had nothing to do with. When you are said child, you can’t believe your parents are actually believing the lies spewing from the snot-nosed brat who is telling them–and yet, they invariably […]
Several people have asked me to continue the story, so here you go… First, though, I learned tonight that someone is reading my blog who I didn’t expect. Today was their birthday and although I sent a token I hope arrived, I didn’t get a chance to talk to them myself. So: … Happy birthday, Sandy! Now, on to Part 3 of the Libya saga. (For anyone who hasn’t read […]
In my last post, I said I somehow forgot to click “Publish” to post my blog entry. That was true. Because I am trying to post every day, it irked me that I wasn’t going to get credit for posting yesterday when I went through the effort of writing it, so I decided to see if I could backdate the post. It worked. Yea! Therefore, since my last post said […]
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