What I did this week: Read The Flinch Took a cold shower Dove into Gonzo Journalism Decided on my launch date Decided to post daily for a week to see what happens to my stats Posted a [...]
There are times when I wish I’d get to the end of my to do list. And then I think about what that would mean. Nothing to do? Sorry, that’s not going to happen, because I’m a writer. Even if I could go sit in a [...]
OMG … Just OMG people.
When this mystery sculptor is finally discovered there is going to be a book, or maybe even a movie deal.
Andrew Carnegie and the book sculptor. Just two of the many literary reasons I love Scotland.
WordPress, and my slow, fussy, be-hated HP laptop are teaching me, finally, not to try to write directly into WordPress.
I’ve known for some time that composing in WP was not the best practice, but there’s something about the immediacy that gets me writing more than working in the detested WORD.
So now I’m doing [...]
What I did this week:
Replied to those who commented on my site. Though this is basic blogging smarts, it represents huge progress for me. Thanks to all who commented. I especially liked hearing that my photos of a feed store and a lumber yard are romantic.
Did a little design work.
Drafted a new [...]
Here I am celebrating Halloween and my favorite Johnny Depp line: “Uh, Pirate.”
The costume was inspired by my recent trip to Penzance, where I bought a bag that looks very piratical, and a copy of Jamaica Inn, by Daphne Du Maurier, which is not strictly about pirates, but close enough to [...]
It’s been over a month since I reported on my progress toward launching the new improved version of Tidal Life, so this will be a quick round-up of several weeks worth of work, and lack of work.
What I did these last few weeks:
Second guessed my blog topic, again – Then I looked [...]
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program [...]


Accountability: Choosing Tools and Eliminating Distractions
Sunday December 18, 2011 Interesting day.
The US pulled out of Iraq! ‘Bout damn time.
Kim Jung Il died. Wow, what now?
Got an email announcing that Occupy Whidbey will hold a meeting Monday night. I may just have to attend, to see what story our little rural island, far removed from Wall Street, will [...]