Tag Archives: travel

Get your head in the game.

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

It is the Wednesday after vacation, and I’m having a hard time getting my head in the game. I haven’t written in a while due to work I’ve been doing for Creative Bookings but each day I don’t write feels … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday!

Posted on August 3, 2012 by

Arrivederci! I’m off to Italy. Creative Chaos will return in late August. In honor of the Olympics, a poem from the Poetry Foundation archives. The Archer BY VICKI HEARNE The sudden thuck of landing The arrow made in the mark Of … Continue reading →

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On the road to the NESCBWI conference: Part 3: Friendships

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

If you’ve been following my April break journey here, and here you’ll know that I was in New Jersey yesterday. I had a lovely time visiting Meg Wiviott, talking writing with my VCFA friends, and lunching with a friend from … Continue reading →

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The road to the NESCBWI Conference: Part 2: Moving on

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

If you are a parent, you may remember the exhaustion that accompanied those first months with a new born. However, as with the pain of childbirth, dirty diapers, and ear infections, you may have forcibly siphoned those excess memories (ala … Continue reading →

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Home Again Friday: Puerto Rico in Pictures and Poems

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

The last little piggie may have cried, “wee-wee” all the way home, but on our way home from Rincón, Puerto Rico my boys and I just cried. After an amazing week of surf, sand, sun, snorkel, and scuba, the last … Continue reading →

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Monday Thoughts

Posted on January 12, 2009 by

Sometimes when I think I have nothing to say, I actually have so much to say that I don’t know where to start.  My sons have had very little writing in their new school. Everything seems very test driven and … Continue reading →

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School Tomorrow

Posted on August 19, 2008 by

You may have noticed that I have been absent from the blogosphere for the last two weeks. Or you may not have missed me at all. (Read: shameless plug for pity and love.)  I have been writing diligently. Unfortunately, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Almost two weeks?!

Posted on April 26, 2008 by

I’m shocked that it has been almost two weeks since my last posting. Shocked, but not surprised. My fingers have been tingling like crazy. Do you get that? That, oh-my-gosh-I-haven’t-been-writing feeling. So there it is. The admission. I haven’t been … Continue reading →

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Earl’s Diner is Closing

Posted on February 29, 2008 by

Earl’s Diner inhabits a small portion of the space owned by Earl. The country/bluegrass amphitheater and the oversized barn that houses his collection of John Deere tractors and farm machinery take up the rest of the lot. My husband grew … Continue reading →

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Taking Care of Business

Posted on February 28, 2008 by

” For reasons I cannot explain There’s some part of me wants to see Graceland”Paul Simon Well friends I’m home from Memphis, TN. The snow sparkles and shimmers outside my window and icicles drip on my neck each time I … Continue reading →

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