by Heidi | Nov 13, 2015 | Five Minute Friday, Uncategorized
Photo credit: Paul Garaizar via Unsplash Outrage over a red cup. A disposable cup, by the way. Merely a vessel for infusing our system with our much-coveted, exorbitantly priced caffeinated beverages. A viral backlash in response to the outrage over said cup. Another...
by Heidi | Aug 7, 2014 | Five Minute Friday
Word of the day: FILL Sippy cups (only one now and probably not for long) … Water bottles, man sized to accommodate their boy-man thirst … lunch boxes … ziploc bags … permission slips … backpacks … washing machine and it’s...
by Heidi | Jul 18, 2014 | Five Minute Friday
Photo credit: Creative Commons via Compfight The four year old and I are easing into our Friday. The brothers are off to school and he’s enjoying sole control of the Kindle for another round of Fruit Ninja. I’m savoring a second cup of coffee and...
by Heidi | May 23, 2014 | Five Minute Friday
Photo Credit: Death to the stock photo I’m so close. Like a marathon runner who catches that first glimpse of the finish line, I’m on the home stretch. Within 10,000 words of typing ‘The End’ on my second novel. It’s been almost a year in...
by Heidi | Apr 4, 2014 | Five Minute Friday
“You’re a writer, so start acting like one,” he said. “Stop waiting to be picked.” Of the hundreds of inspirational quotes I’d read about ‘becoming’ a writer and dutifully filed away in my to-revisit-later journal, these...
by Heidi | Mar 21, 2014 | Five Minute Friday
Four year old + sunshine + first Popsicle of the season out on the porch = JOY. He doesn’t care about budgets or book releases, the fact that we have to go to the store again … he isn’t jaded or cynical or riddled with anxiety. Tomorrow isn’t...
