Attention Deficit
Do you ever wonder if you’re paying attention to the right things? Do you have times of absolute distraction, flipping from emails, to Facebook and text messages, to household chores
February 11, 2021
Do you ever wonder if you’re paying attention to the right things? Do you have times of absolute distraction, flipping from emails, to Facebook and text messages, to household chores
Last week, I asked Facebook friends to suggest one word that would guide them for 2021. Mine is positivity – I’ve told myself to look at each day through a
While watching the shocking events unfold at the Capitol on Wednesday, I was struck by the parallels to another time and place – Paris in 1870 and 1871. Citizens who
The opening words of Dusty Springfield’s song – Wishin’ and hopin’ and thinkin’ and prayin’ – came to mind as I began this post. Not the bit about planning to
My time is fragmented into small slices these days – see recent post Writing While Caregiving – and it might not surprise you to know that small bits of time
Four weeks ago, my 94-year-old mother came to live with us because Covid-19 restrictions at her seniors residence had become untenable. Much has been written about the difficulties for residents
Recently, I posted a letter discovered in my mother’s mementos and written by Reverend William Bell to his offspring, in particular his daughter Isabelle Mallock. Isabelle’s husband, John Mallock, wrote
While going through some of my mother’s mementos [she’s still alive, but we were clearing out a few boxes], I found a letter dated 18th February, 1842. It was addressed
When you write a novel where one of the main characters is raped, you need to dig very, very deep to understand what that means in terms of the physical,
Early in my writing career, I created a blog called One Writer’s Voice. (I discovered recently that someone has organized it so that if you search for this blog, you
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
