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2019-12-27 MFA Res Day 0.5 – Midnight in December

6PM on December 27th in Nowheresville Nebraska and it might as well be midnight. Last time I was here I had to request a new room after 3 days because of a wasp problem and this time? It might be a neighbor problem. Time will tell. Iβm not next to my friends anyway so they…
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2019-12-27 MFA Res Day 0

Why day 0? Cuz Iβm a numbers nerd and all good counters start at 0. Today is my last minute mad scramble to get my act together and haul myself and half my world to Nebraska City for the start of my 4th official Residency for my MFA.πππ Festivities kick off this afternoon and Iβm…
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2019-12-17 So Much Sweetness

Today Iβm doing a happy dance as my seemingly never ending semester is finally.. FINALLY over! πππ Yesterday was my last class on campus and we had pizza did a fun little exercise where everyone writes a line of a poem on a piece of paper and then fold that over and pass it to…
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2019-12-12 Channeling the Chocolate Chip

This post must be dedicated to Michelle without whom I would not be inspired to try and be a Chocolate Chip cookie – today or ever! π (Thanks for being a great accountability partner and an awesome human). I love a good chocolate chippy as much as the next girl, but for some reason the…
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2019-12-10 Miss GingerSnap Speaks Her Mind

This might end up making me sound like a person with a multiple personality disorder but I was inspired to βtry onβ some different cookies by my friend Michelle. So from now until Christmas (or the end of the year), Iβm going to be a different cookie every day. Yay!!! π *** Yesterday I had…
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2019-12-03 Celebrating Success!

Somehow another month has slipped by. Somehow weβve slid past the first of the fall/winter holidays and miraculously glossed right past the milestone that signified 2 months until the day of marriage vows. That was yesterday and Iβm sure I could do a whole post about all of that, but itβs not what Iβm aiming…
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2019-11-25 Writers Workshop Whammy
Where are we at today? Ah yes, in writers workshop where my poetry is being critiqued by an eclectic group of undergrad students. Most of whom, might I add, have had more exposure and experience than I in studies about literature, poetry, and writing in general. I got my undergrad in computer science, so what…
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2019-11-24 The Current Trifecta

It feels like time is moving too fast. At the same time the minutes and hours of every day seem to creep by. Iβm keeping a close eye on the calendar and have a growing list of things to do. Most of it has something to do with one of three main topics.. wedding planning…
