Subtitling — help, please
I'm reading -- again! -- through my first draft of Mosaic. It needs to be in to my editor by August 1. My 7-year-old and …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Travel fun
When air travel is good, it is very good. My flight from Philly to Indy last Thursday took off at 8:04 a.m. and by 10:20 …Read More
What I’m working on: Personal assistants, networking groups
I'm attempting to get back from Indianapolis right now, and am experiencing a few flight delays. Fortunately, my speech last night went well, and I …Read More
Writing for the ear
I read through Eudora Welty’s One Writer’s Beginnings this week. I’d read it decades ago, but after reading The Optimist’s Daughter earlier this year, I …Read More
Real Simple and the laundry
Real Simple magazine has been around for about 15 years, and there are only so many aspects of daily life to be simplified. So the …Read More
Going one-on-one (or trying to)
My kids are starting to play well together. The 2-year-old is finally mature enough to interact with her brothers (ages 4 and 7) instead of …Read More
The LeBron James letter
I like to watch basketball, though I can’t say I follow any team or player closely. I hadn’t been paying attention to the whole LeBron …Read More
What I’m working on: Over-used business case studies
This has been a good week. I took a break from Mosaic editing after devoting 60+ hours to it last week. I needed to step …Read More
Can’t is a strong word
Grumpy Rumblings (of the formerly untenured) ran a post this week on “Things I want but can’t have until my children are older.” The list …Read More
Random Wednesday thoughts
First, we finally have power again. A strong thunderstorm last night knocked down a bunch of trees and power lines. We lost power around 8 …Read More