Wildlife Wednesday: Serving up a little more Moose

Sometimes you write what you know. And likewise, sometimes you photograph what is around you. And if you only have a tiny video function on your camera, you use it. Yes, people, I’m thinking of getting a real video camera. If you have any suggestions, please leave them in the comments. Thanks. But first, check [...]

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A Brief History of how I came to be a Writer

I came at writing slowly. As a kid I spent most of my free time playing or watching TV. I liked to read but not in an obsessive way. And I didn’t write unless I had to for school. My senior year of high school I had an English teacher who really knew how to [...]

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The Double Helix of Character and Plot

  For me, plot and character are interwoven like the DNA strands in a Double Helix. I map out character arcs and plot arcs, but end up looking at them together more than separately because the story has to work as a whole. That said, here are few things I do to develop character: 1.  [...]

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Wildlife Wednesday: Moose versus Wind Chimes

I was walking out the door to cut a few sprigs of brocoli and a couple of kale leaves from the garden when I was stopped in my tracks by this guy.  I was planning on having steamed veggies for lunch. Yeah, I do that about three times a week during gardening season. I already [...]

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The Many Marathons of Life

I think life is composed of many marathons whether you are walking, running, writing, raising children, caring for elderly relatives, teaching, whatever the important things are in your life that you are continually working on and growing from. For me, the Equinox Marathon, which I ran on Saturday for the 8th time, is a metaphor [...]

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