by PJColando | Oct 1, 2025 | blog post
When an audience of newbies convenes to imbibe the wisdom of an established writer, he/she is often asked, “What’s your process?” Many things are interwoven in this be-all question: are you a plotter or a pantser (or, like me, a plodder) what time of...
by PJColando | Jul 7, 2021 | blog post, Blonde, Purpose
Time passed slowly while I was incarcerated. While I wasn’t detained in a prison cell, my public interface and movements were curtailed during our protracted COVID quarantine. While I wasn’t personally in any sick ward, much of the world was, in this...
by PJColando | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
I used to sew my own clothes, but not anymore. The talent – the time – is gone. I’m a Boomer-aged eyesight disallows threading a needle and I don’t wish to make more wrinkles in my forehead from fret. I feel like an antiquarian. I used to make...
by PJColando | Apr 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’m late, I’m late, I’m late… I parked in the far parking lot, mistiming the amount of steps required to the restaurant on the other end of the mall. While my Fitbit will reward me, my conscientiousness is brimming with guilt. It took a couple...
by PJColando | Apr 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
OMG. What a morning! Though I’d only had three appointments, all the clients’ marriages were beyond salvation. I was as drained as a city’s water reservoir during the recent drought. I’d talked ‘til I was blue in the face. I’d talked until I’d run out of ideas and...
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