by Chloe | Mar 4, 2021 | Hard Truths, Musings, Progress, Who Knew?
Shakespeare said, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” but can you see a modern-day heroine named Gertrude? Today, I’ll spill a secret about the way I name my characters. Sometimes, the story drives the name. Jason from Hard Truths, for example, is an...
by Chloe | Feb 26, 2021 | Helios, Musings, Submerged Hopes
It’s interesting to see the changing ideas about “what makes a man.” The pushback against “toxic masculinity” intrigues me, and certainly it’s a good thing, to alter from the ideal of “the strong, silent type” of the past, to allowing our young men to...
by Chloe | Feb 19, 2021 | Cookery, Musings, New Heights
Today is a day for homemade chicken soup, and we’re also planning the menus for when our son returns from out of state. It’s got me thinking about food as a gesture of love, acceptance, and nurturing. On The Boy’s list would be chicken pot pie, flank steak, and...
by Chloe | Jan 8, 2021 | Musings
We lost power last night. Here in the Pacific Northwest, that’s always a risk in wintertime, when our tall Douglas firs, buffeted by the wind, lose their grip in the sodden earth and tumble onto power lines. It’s certainly a drag in some ways: the loss of central...
by Chloe | Jan 1, 2021 | Musings
A Tough One, Now Past My son sent this pic of the sunrise in his new town. Covid-19 meant the loss of his job, and the necessity to move out of state for work in his industry, and we miss him terribly. The pandemic has touched most of us, one way or another:...
by Chloe | Aug 22, 2020 | Musings, Who Knew?
“Just one more” is certainly high up on the list of Inadvisable Actions, whether that refers to just one more cheese puff (Who really believes one bag truly holds thirteen servings instead of four?!), one more episode in a ten-hour episode of binge-watching, or just...
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