I have a pink ice-cream cone by Marc Johns on my bulletin board. Every day I look at my pink ice-cream cone, and every day she says the same thing, "You can do it." Some days I believe her. And some days I don't. Her name is Betty. I bought her last Thanksgiving. A present to myself. A …
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I almost caught my toys alive! What were they doing?
Nepeta, the youngest kitten scratched on my door at 3:40 this morning. Yes, that's right, THREE FORTY . She must have been lonely. Really, I think she just likes to use the litter box in my bedroom. There are six other litter boxes in the house, but she prefers the one behind the chair in the corner …
Scrub a pot when you don’t know what to write.
When you are not sure what to write, go and scrub a pot. You can think more clearly when you are doing something. It is not practical or productive to wander from room to room staring at the laundry, the dirty dishes, or the unfinished manuscript. Find something physical to do. Perhaps all of …
