Category Archives: Life
2015 Mount TBR Reading Challenge
TBR stands for “To Be Read.” The challenge? To get those dusty books off my To Read piles and actually read them! Yes, I’m signing up for it again. And, this year, I’m going to take the advice I was … Continue reading
Blogging challenges for 2015
Since this isn’t a single-theme blog, and my main goal is to become better at writing non-technical non-fiction, I use blogging challenges to prompt me to write outside my comfort zone. NaNoBloPo (originally National Blog Posting Month; now continues with … Continue reading
How do you begin to stop?
I’m considering a new approach to my annual New Year’s resolution ritual. The whole thing is usually an exercise in frustration for me. I start out with enthusiasm, then gradually stop doing whatever it was I started, and then beat … Continue reading
Expectations
“You’re doing NaBloPoMo? Why?” “It’s a bunch of mommy-bloggers and foodies, and they don’t write very well. Why associate yourself with them?” My colleagues and friends expect bad writing about subjects that don’t interest them, and that’s what they find when … Continue reading
Hand and Eye
Today was another lost day, as far as work and personal projects are concerned. I spent the day in doctors’ offices and outpatient surgery. The bad news: I’ll probably have to have surgery to correct the trigger finger on my … Continue reading