Participants in “Write 31 Days” pledge to write for 30 minutes on a single topic every day in October. My topic? Happiness. One of the inspirations for choosing to think about happiness this month was the audiobook I’m in the middle of listening to. The Happiness Project On her website, Gretchen Rubin has posted a discussion guide including the […]
Welcome to the weekly link up, Just Enough Info (JEI). The internets can be a great source of community, and I’d love to get to know you better! Feel free to share your answers in the comments or link up if you have a blog. In honor of October being Respect Life month, that’s the theme for […]
Participants in “Write 31 Days” pledge to write for 30 minutes on a single topic every day in October. My topic? Happiness. Is it October 31st yet? It’s only the 5th? Sigh. I think this whole writing for 31 days thing might have been a mistake. Maybe not the writing part, but the happiness part. […]
Participants in “Write 31 Days” pledge to write for 30 minutes on a single topic every day in October. My topic? Happiness. I was Lucy in our high school’s theater production of You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown. It. Was. Awesome. I wasn’t awesome. It was awesome. Playing a stubborn, impatient, bossy older sister? […]
Linking up with a gentle mother to share the best of our library pile this week. Treasures from our Checkout Pile! Buffalo Storm has just the sort of strong female character that I want my girls to see. Hallie’s relationship with her left-behind grandmother is sweet, and the words of the book are delicious. “like a […]
Participants in “Write 31 Days” pledge to write for 30 minutes on a single topic every day in October. My topic? Happiness. If I had to choose a theme for yesterday, it would be “choosing happiness when life is hard.” But now I’m all in a muddle. What’s the difference between happiness and joy? Is it possible […]
Participants in “Write 31 Days” pledge to write for 30 minutes on a single topic every day in October. Yesterday I chose a topic— Happiness. Now I have to explore it. At the time it seemed like a great idea. Now it seems more like a joke. Cee’s hip started hurting a little. This morning. […]
The Evolution of an Idea Have you heard of “Write 31 Days?” The point is to write. For 31 days. Seriously, that seems to be it. I looked all over the website for prompts. Ideas. Questions. Suggestions. It all seems pretty open-ended. Each writer is supposed to choose his or her own topic and stick with it […]