What I know for sure is . . . not very much. There are some people, perhaps wiser than I, who can say definitively what they know for certain to be the truth. I’m not one of them. What I do know is that the older I get the more I realize how little I…
Month: April 2012
Friday Fave Five
It’s my flex Friday today so I’m at home trying to catch up on the many things I’ve fallen behind on recently. So far today I’ve written seven posts in preparation for my book blog tour in June. I’ve been fretting about this for a number of weeks as I’ve been thinking about what to…
Guest Post – Chynna Laird
I’m pleased to welcome award-winning author Chynna Laird to A Slice of Life Writing today. Chynna’s newest book is a heart-wrenching memoir about growing up with a bipolar mother who refused to accept or receive treatment for her illness. Her goal in writing this book is to bring awareness to the importance of being diagnosed…
Having It All
Is it possible? As women, can we really have it all? Family? Career? And still find time to nourish our spirit? That’s what they told us back in the sixties and seventies. I remember being in class one day–I must have been about fourteen–with other girls talking about what we wanted to do when we grew up. There was…
Meanwhile, Back at the Worm Hotel . . .
It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day here in the Pacific Northwest, and a perfect time to check in on the Worm Hotel. We’re up to three stories now and those worms have been busy. According to a woman at the Pacific Northwest Flower and Garden show, if I move the bottom bin (the one…