by the Night Writer Tiger Lilly and I have been working through final revisions and polishing on her first novel. At first the idea was to have it ready by May 14 so it can be entered in a contest sponosored by The Writer’s Digest. Then it turned out that in her chosen category – [...]
by the Night Writer We had a distinguished gentleman calller in our front yard on a recent misty Sunday morning. Meet Thomas: The Mall Diva took the photo. And Picklesworth commemorated the arrival poetically. bookmark to:
by the Night Writer Earlier in the week I posted a link to a talk I presented last month to the Inside Outfitters group about the need and benefits of living with an open hand (my part starts about five minutes into the podcast). In the talk I shared several of my experiences over the [...]
by the Night Writer Last night we mounted an expedition into Nordeast, with Son@Night, the Mall Diva (and the half-baked cupcake, of course) and her friend, Princess Flicker Feather. The girls were wanting to sing some blues at the open jam night at Shaw’s and Son@ and I were along for the ride. Driving up [...]
by the Night Writer The whole family is in the kitchen… Tiger Lilly: Hey, I’m taller than you. Mall Diva: Yeah, well I’m barefoot. And I’m pregnant. Night Writer: And you’re in the kitchen! Reverend Mother: I don’t know that I like the sound of that. TL: ????? NW: Some used to say the best [...]
by the Night Writer I can’t say how it is that my mental juke box goes about selecting a song to be in my head when I wake up in the morning, but invariably I have one. Sometimes it’s a song I heard the day before, so that’s easy to explain, but most of the [...]
by the Night Writer The signs are that this bitter winter is drawing to a close. Not that the hard days didn’t have some beauty to them. I took these photos over the last couple of weeks with my cell phone camera as I was leaving work. I can’t seem to hold that camera steady, [...]
by the Night Writer I went on to Amazon a little while ago to check something or other and under the “Related to Items You’ve Viewed” heading was a book I’ve never read: After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters. Ok, the title sounds right up my alley (and perhaps very close in topic to [...]
by the Night Writer The official plein air artist of The Night Writer blog, Sharell at Zumbro Falls Impressionist, came across a curious operation while seeking inspiration for a painting (the painting and full story here): One November Saturday I came down the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary path to find 4 mini-vans parked in a [...]
by the Night Writer And now, as the man said, time for something completely different. There were those weekends in my college days when my work and social schedule resulted in me essentially being up all night and trying to sleep all day. Those days are what I thought of when I first heard anyone [...]
