So I was pressed for time earlier, since I had plans at 7:30 and started writing at 7:36 (thank god for the occasional butch who runs late). The rest of what my “42” experience brought to mind was this: Pop culture references have frequently been a source of shame for me. I remember quite vividly the first time I finally...
As I was putting my groceries in the car tonight, I overheard a little quarrel coming from the car parked next to Bessie. I couldn’t hear what the small child in the car was saying, only the mother’s repeated instructions to get out of the car. Finally, her voice exasperated and with that “mom” tone you just don’t ignore, she...
I said I’d blog about the bathtime photo shoot brainstorm I had this evening, so I suppose I had better. Melissa gave me some Lush bath bombs for Christmas, and I finally decided to crack one tonight. Literally, as they’re the size of my fist, and I can easily get two uses out of each. Half of one was tossed...
One of the first suggestions Bob Bly makes in Getting Started as a Freelance Writer, a book I purchased a few years ago and have recently dusted off, is to determine what success looks like to you. If you don’t know what constitutes “success,” how can you achieve it? I’ve certainly been thinking about this with regard to my writing,...
So I’ve started the shift to earlier posts, and you may have noticed that I’m also shifting away from “business” news to more personal stuff. I think that’ll ebb and flow depending on what’s going on in any given day for the time being, but will remain at least somewhat mixed even as time goes on and I (hopefully) have...
It has been unseasonably warm and the snowfall has been at a record low for this time of year in Maine, and I have been particularly grateful for that. This morning, though, whiteout conditions greeted me from my bedroom windows. I have always had a hard-core hate on for winter, and am quite stubborn about maintaining it. Yes, I can...
“It’s funny how we will properly nurse a physical injury or wound that requires healing. An emotional one, though, when there is no physical manifestation, or we are able to ignore the impact we could see if we allowed ourselves to… We keep ripping it open, we beat it ceaselessly, we neglect it until it festers. If only our hearts...
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While I am all about putting myself out there for all of you in most ways, some of my writing is either half-formed or I’m a little too shy to share it yet or it’s not for everyone, so I will password protect those posts. If you’re burning to read them, feel free to email me at kirsten@femmeflavor.com and request...
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