Category: Random

Me talkin to myself

  • I always underestimate the time it takes to edit. It’s like hiking in the mountains. You’re walking along, focused on what’s in front of you. You estimate the time it will take to get through 80,000 or so words of a novel. Then you come around a bend in the story and you just stop.…

  • I lived in Venezuela for two years as a teenager. My dad was part of an international team offering training across South America on sustainable land and water resource development with a focus on agriculture. This program was created by the Organization of American States. Maybe you don’t know that organization, but it is among…

  • Other bloggers stopped for a visit here this past week, one from (I think) Helsinki and the other from Vancouver. Their blogs made me happy in two quite different ways. Helsinki (I think) has the best blog title ever: The Snow Melts Somewhere. Maybe it appeals to me, having grown up in Canada and then…