She speaks of dreams and helps them happen…thanks to Liz Ditz who (in an email conversation following her comment on my Missing my instruction manual blog post) sent me tips and a helpful site where I learned how to put Abigail’s hair in a bun!
Entries from March 2005
One page at a time
March 30th, 2005 · 1 Comment
Tags: family
Procrastinating
March 30th, 2005 · 3 Comments
Who me? Beth Grigg and Jeff Youngstrom have each posted on procrastination recently. Why do we procrastinate? I know I procrastinate when the task ahead seems too enormous or intense. I procrastinate when what I should be doing seems unpleasant. When I want to be creative and frivolous. Or when I feel too tired and […]
Tags: journal
No kiss review tonight
March 26th, 2005 · 1 Comment
Michael Hanscom earlier this week linked to Tony Pierce’s How to Blog, critiquing it point by point. It’s an interesting read, both Michael’s and Tony’s ideas. In point #22, Tony advised: when in doubt review something. theres not enough reviews on blogs. review a movie you just saw, a tv show, a cd, a kiss […]
Tags: marriage
The Outsider: why high school never ends
March 26th, 2005 · 12 Comments
Although my name has been mentioned (kindly) in the discussions on diversity and gender in blogs, I was reluctant to post my opinion. I hesitate because I often understand and experience both sides of an issue. I also would rather write and do what I can to promote others in an organic way than blog […]
Tags: blog
Song of the Azalea
March 26th, 2005 · 2 Comments
Joanne announced her book Song of the Azalea: Memoir of a Chinese Son by Kenneth Ore with Joann Yu now available for pre-order at Amazon.ca. In 1917, Ore’s mother was sold to a wealthy Chinese businessman by her opium-addicted father. Rather than becoming a concubine, she was educated as a doctor and assigned to the […]
Tags: books