by skimhenson | Apr 14, 2011 | life improvement, relationships
I am back after an episode with my crashing computer, a frenzy over “What to do? What to do?”, and the battle of “I want to keep my Dell so make it work.” But my Dell didn’t work, and it had no plans to ever work again, so I purchased a MacBook Pro....
by skimhenson | Feb 25, 2011 | relationships
There’s a person in my life who is really bugging me. And I do mean really. Like wake-up-in-the-morning-and-there-she-is-in-my-head bugging. I twirl with self-doubt, questioning what’s up with our brief interactions. Even when I stop spinning, I’m still dizzy from...
by skimhenson | Feb 20, 2011 | freedom, relationships
Wonder, wonder? I’ve done a lot of that since Ma died. I wonder how she managed to welcome me with kindness into her home no matter how rushed I acted or how far apart our visits. I’d stop by and stay an hour or I’d stay 10 minutes. Sometimes I’d visit...
by skimhenson | Oct 27, 2010 | letting go, relationships
“I didn’t kill him off; I found him dead,” said Jerry B. Jenkins when readers asked why he let their favorite characters die. In his interview with Writer’s Digest, Jenkins admits to being surprised, delighted, scared, disappointed and saddened by his characters’...
by skimhenson | Oct 20, 2010 | relationships, writing words to live by
Once upon a time I thought writing was about writing, not relationships. After I was published, I kept thinking the same, which was pretty easy since I wrote for a paper in a town five hours away. That was, until I started blogging. I reflected on the story my friend...
by skimhenson | Oct 7, 2010 | cat diaries, dog tales, relationships
Cliche-ish, I know, but Gator and Bug are as different as night and day. Gator is the cat enjoying the limelight. He likes to meet you at the door, try to escape out the door, play at the door, entertain you, then gobble down his food. Bug, on the contrary, wonders...