by PJColando | Nov 21, 2023 | blog post
Appliances, what a boon to the American homemaker! I’ve visited living history re-enactment sites at Connor Prairie Farm in central Indiana Plymouth, Massachusetts Williamsburg, Virginia While I enjoy these historical immersions with people dressed in period costumes...
by PJColando | Nov 14, 2023 | blog post, sorrow
Matthew Perry died unexpectedly a couple of weeks ago. He’d had problems for many years and was open about his additions and rehabilitation. Everyone applauded his openness and felt he’d conquered his demons. He seemed to have embraced his success, even...
by PJColando | Nov 1, 2023 | blog post, Purpose
Let’s rock the neurotic writing world, members of the Insecure Writers Support Group! https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG. I’m elated to be one of the November co-hosts of the IWSG blog hop. The others...
by PJColando | Oct 31, 2023 | blog post
Today as I readied myself for a weekly meeting I attend, I carefully selected the clothes I wore. Not as armor, but as a desire to fit in. My goal is to effectively align with the other participants. It’s a means of establishing rapport and to signify that I...
by PJColando | Oct 24, 2023 | blog post, Purpose
Round and round our home I go. Circles and ellipses on the wood floors and worn paths across the rugs in a daily chore. Getting weary – though not dizzy – but also (wink-wink) getting steps on my Apple Watch’s Fitness feature. I aim for 3000/day....
by PJColando | Oct 16, 2023 | blog post, Purpose
Blurbs, those auditory bits of promotional text on the back of books have come under fire, pushing the publishers into a tizzy. In separate articles in The Atlantic and Esquire this fall, the industry’s reliance on high-profile authors’ blurs as “a...
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