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Kitschy Inspiration & Road Trips

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This is yet another reason why I love my neighborhood. How could I resist taking a picture of this lovely Hampden front yard? These are the kinds of scenes that spark my imagination for future characters and settings. I snapped this picture while walking to the post office last week. I’ve stayed true to my [...]

Snow Day

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Steve and I trekked through the snowy streets of Hampden on Saturday. It was quite the mini-adventure. Neighbors are much more friendly while shoveling the side walks. I loved knowing that everyone on the street was a local, although I felt bad for the shop owners who probably rely heavily on sales the weekend before [...]

Back in Charm City & Book Two

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My quick trip to Woodstock was energizing and inspiring, as always. I drove up on Wednesday night and headed back to Charm City on Saturday morning. Woodstock’s tourist season is winding down, which for me is a relief. As I packed up the car on Saturday morning to head back to Baltimore, I was thankful [...]

Feeling Pretty Lucky Right Now…

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I’m feeling pretty lucky right now. Even though life isn’t tied up in a nice little bow (and that can seem enticing at times), I’m grateful. Mostly because I feel alive. This blog started when I decided to choose a path that I never thought I would take. I threw twenty five years of planning [...]

Reading (Your Writing) Out Loud

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A lot of my time recently has been spent sitting in a car (more than usual). Last weekend, Steve and I drove from Baltimore to Lakeside, MI and back within 72 hours. Luckily, Steve prefers to drive (or so I like to think), so I used almost every spare moment (of which there were many) [...]

Cream Ale, True Blood, and Writing in the Car…

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I need to start out by saying that the Genny Cream Ale pictured above was not mine. Steve has a lot of hometown pride, thus the chance to drink Cream Ale from a can is not often passed up when we’re in Charm City. While we’re on the subject of my super cool husband, I’d [...]