Hey, everyone. Sorry to break my usual posting schedule. My husband is in the hospital with an infection. He’s going to be fine, so there’s no cause for worry, but I’ve been kind of busy with that this week. I could use your thoughts, prayers, and well wishes for him, though. I hope to return...Read More

So this week on my family farm, we had some fun experiences trying to herd sheep (which I am slowly learning is an art that requires a corn bucket, a rope, and lots of patience). Our farm is summering some sheep for a friend of ours. The sheep are helping us eat down our fields...Read More

My family has three dairy goats we purchased in concert with our cousins in the interests of starting a subsistence farm between their homestead and ours. While I am disabled enough that most farming is forever a closed door to me, I’ve discovered I enjoy sitting with the goats. Our three girls are Nigerian goats....Read More

Sorry I’m late with this blog entry; I had a crazy week. A good one, but a crazy one. So, Fridays (as you may have noticed) are sort of my personal day to talk about whatever’s on my mind. Whether it be disability, farming, my cats, my Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) adventures, my Dungeons...Read More

Until about eight years ago “disabled people” weren’t on my radar. It wasn’t that I didn’t know anyone who struggled, but the concept of being “disabled” didn’t quite register. I knew part of my paycheck went to help people who couldn’t work, and I was okay with that. I knew there were people in the...Read More

Folks who are disabled often end up feeling like their life is defined by their disability, and those responses only make it harder. I am not my pain.Read More

I can’t count the number of stories I’ve heard where friends and family of a writer say things like “you should have a real job” or “that’ll never make money”. If we spend our lives told our writing is terrible, and we’ll never go anywhere, we absorb that into our psyche. It’s something everyone in...Read More

There are definitely stupid questions. "Where are my sunglasses?" when I'm wearing them is a stupid question. However, when it comes to writing there are fewer "stupid questions" than we'd think.Read More

Having to part ways with someone is tough. There's no getting around the fact that you're going to be upsetting someone. However, the more polite, honest, and up front you are about it, the easier the whole process becomes.Read More

I am five drafts into this novel. Five. I finished it during NaNoWriMo in 2014, did a bunch of polishing and then set it aside for a year. Now I'm looking at it yet again, and I keep running into errors that make me want to scream, throw in my writing towel, and take up...Read More