I'm not talking about the block we live on (though it is kind of the block I live on); we would have taken an after-dinner walk in our neighborhood if it weren't so damn hot outside. Eighty-nine degrees at 8:15 p.m., but--as I'm sure you've heard one thousand times--we live in a desert, so it's … Continue reading A Leisurely Stroll Around the Block
Author: Victoria Jarman
The Story of 125 Books
Now that both our fully grown human son and our teenaged daughter are gainfully employed, my husband and I find ourselves on Friday nights with an empty house and nothing to do. Well, not nothing. There's always something to do, it's just most of it is horribly unappealing at any given time. I mean, the … Continue reading The Story of 125 Books
Nostalgia for Lasts
As I write this, on Sunday, June 13, it is my son's last day as a teenager--tomorrow he will be twenty years old. He made it! His last day as a tween (June 13, 2014), my husband and I told him, "You know, beginning tomorrow and for as long as you are a teenager, every … Continue reading Nostalgia for Lasts
A Love Letter to Gymnastics
My deepest apologies, dear readers, for the tardiness of this post. I imagine you all sitting around, waiting patiently for my latest dispatch to hit your feeds and inboxes, when--in all actuality--it's quite likely none of you had noticed my failure to smash that "publish" button. Maybe someday you will. A writer can hope. So, … Continue reading A Love Letter to Gymnastics
Random Mid-Week June Stuff
Just a collection of things running through my brain as June begins. Why not? This is my blog. I do what I want. Whatever Will Be Update Let's start with an update that absolutely no one asked for! Whatever Will Be is still in the hands of some readers, and I anxiously await their comments. … Continue reading Random Mid-Week June Stuff
In Celebration of Spring (and a Long Weekend)!
It's Memorial Day weekend--the unofficial start of summer--and what better way to celebrate those who have lost their lives pledging to support and defend the Constitution of the United States than by taking a Monday off? Sure, the day off is nice, but it really just shifts Monday to Tuesday, and Monday on a Tuesday … Continue reading In Celebration of Spring (and a Long Weekend)!
A Writer’s List of Writer Feels by Me, a Writer
I am largely an emotionless person. At least, that was mostly true until this year. Man, this year has got me having all the feels, for reasons I don't want to get into here. Suffice it to say, this year is kicking my emotional ass. Writer feels are another story altogether. I have them all … Continue reading A Writer’s List of Writer Feels by Me, a Writer
Emergency Mid-Week Post!
For those who have been following closely (or not so closely) lo these few weeks, you might have noticed I've been closing my blog posts with some variation of "Do what makes you happy." This is a sentiment to which I fully subscribe, and is a riff on the closing line of one of my … Continue reading Emergency Mid-Week Post!
I’m Totally Stealing That!
For a small employer with around sixty-five people on staff, my organization employs an unusually large number of writers, some of us with books ready to be published, and a couple more who write only as a hobby. We have a novelist (that's me), a memoirist, an essayist, and a poet, and at least one … Continue reading I’m Totally Stealing That!
What Do You Do?
Answering this question is one of the most frustrating parts of adulting (aside from--you know--paying bills, washing and folding laundry, making sure you have clean dishes, grocery shopping, and figuring out what to eat every night for dinner until you're dead). Instead of answering, "I scream at my teenagers, knit soft prosthetics for breast cancer … Continue reading What Do You Do?
Vickie Jarman 