It’s not that I didn’t try. I couldn’t get a ball of snow to pack hard enough for rolling. I thought the snow was wet and it would be easy. It’s windy, but not unbearably cold. I was sure the relative warmth would keep the snow sticky. Nope, not at my house. I should never …Read More
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Bits and Pieces on Another Gray Day
Snow on the Tulips Yep, it snowed again. The forecast says we’ll get more this weekend. It’s not a lot, not a blizzard or anything like that, but the skies are constantly overcast. I’m spoiled, I guess. Since moving to Northern Colorado in 1998, I’ve grown accustomed to lots of sunshine. This dreariness is affecting …Read More
Bits and Pieces
Jan Morrison’s Friday Challenge See yesterday’s post for the link to Jan’s Crazy Jane blog and her Friday challenge. I took my camera along on my short walk and brought back proof that spring is just around the corner, after a few more snows, of course. Here’s what I found: I think these are tulips, …Read More
Award Day — The Circle of Friends
My blogger friend, Karen Walker, gave me this wonderful Circle of Friends Award earlier this month. According to the rules, I must pass it along to five blogging friends. This is always a hard decision for those of us who have tons of blogging friends, so be aware that I appreciate each and every one …Read More
Teach a Class? Sure!
I’ve agreed to do a ninety-minute seminar on social media for Northern Colorado Writers on March 1st. This will be an overview for beginners, including a discussion of the importance of social media for writers. I’m going to focus on Blogger, Twitter, and Facebook. Doesn’t seem like too large a task, does it? After all, …Read More
New Publication: The Complete Writer
Kerrie Flanagan, director of Northern Colorado Writers, announces a new publication for writers, The Complete Writer. The first issue is free, so take a look and see what you think. A twelve-month subscription is $19.95. The Complete Writer is also an opportunity to see your own articles in print. Submission guidelines are at http://completewriter.blogspot.com and …Read More
Registration is Open for the Northern Colorado Writers Conference
Writers — have you started to think about which conferences you want to attend in 2010? Some of them are scheduled pretty early in the year, so you can’t wait too long to decide. Registration just opened up for the March 26-27, 2010 Northern Colorado Writers’ Conference in Fort Collins, Colorado. If you register before …Read More
ReBooWee — Read a Book a Week Challenge
Kerrie Flanagan, director of Northern Colorado Writers, has presented a new challenge, this time for readers instead of writers (but all of us writers are also readers, right?). If you’re looking for a good excuse to curl up in your favorite chair and just read, visit the NCW blog, The Writing Bug, and check out …Read More
At the Weekend Writers’ Retreat
This afternoon I’ll check in for the Northern Colorado Writers‘ Retreat at Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch near Loveland, Colorado. There are only six of us (all female) attending this year, so instead of rooming in the big Wagon Wheel Bunkhouse facility, we’ll be sharing two cabins. Each of us has our own room for sleeping …Read More
Passing on the Honest Scrap Award
On September 4th, Helen Ginger of Straight From Hel awarded me the Honest Scrap Award. I commented at the time that this award title made me chuckle since I suspected everything on my blog would qualify as scrap. The real meaning of the award, however, is sweet and kind and worthy of sending on to …Read More
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