December 2012

reality

How old is your postman..?

I have a love hate relationship with postmen.  For the most part I love them. The one that brings our mail to the house is a gem.  He waves to you on the street;  he smiles and he delivers the mail!! Now letter sorters are a different breed.  We often get mis-directed mail.  I wonder […]

words

Twelve…..

I had to post today, because this day will never come again.  Well, when you think about it no day really ever comes again; but this is the end of the double digit months. To date we just have 12 months and….. 1. 12 signs of the Zodiac 2. 12 days of Christmas 3. 12

Art

Deck the halls…..

…..or at least the streets. My husband and I decided to go to the Christmas market in the Distillery district yesterday.  Well, for want of a parking spot the trip was lost.  It was mobbed.  There wasn’t parking anywhere even in the many parking lots provided.  In fact there were line ups to get into

Art, reality

Procrastination station…

I am in avoidance mode. I know I need to start refining and polishing “the novel.”  This is where the discipline comes in and I have always been a slacker.  Fortunately NaNoWriMo has lots of lists and mentors and tons of other help to give you guidance and impetus.  The problem is, you have to

blogging, unicorns

If I could……

There is another small challenge on the blog posting site that I visit from time to time.  Actually, I was encouraged to complete the novel writing challenge, by one of the other blog posters there.  He was doing the same challenge and finished on the Wednesday.  His enthusiasm buoyed me up and I kept going.

Art, knitting, words

The Catherine Wheel – repost.

I was concentrating so much on the novel challenge that I forgot to post for two of my favourite days. Nov 25 and Nov 30.  Here is a re-post for Nov 25. Catherine Wheel Crochet Stitch as Worked November 25 is the feast of St. Catherine of Alexandria. In Christian lore, St. Catherine was martyred

books

I WON!!!

At 9:45pm December 30, I posted a novel of 50,053 words to my Nanowrimo profile. Writing a novel has been on my bucket list for a while and with the help of National Novel Writing Month, I wrote one.  Now writing a novel and publishing a novel are two different things.  Still Nanowrimo makes you

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