by Jackie | Life Happens, Living Deliberately
I will preface this post by stating that I’m not a Valentine’s Day person. I typically don’t go in for all the schmaltzy, gooey trappings of this force-fed holiday. So why am I posting this Valentine’s Day? Perhaps subconsciously all of the...
by Jackie | Life Happens, Living Deliberately
I will preface this post by stating that I’m not a Valentine’s Day person. I typically don’t go in for all the schmaltzy, gooey trappings of this force-fed holiday. So why am I posting this Valentine’s Day? Perhaps subconsciously all of the...
by Jackie | Friday Five, Living Deliberately, Writing Life
1. Reggie and Me. 2. A Room of One’s Own. One of the daily prompts this week just made my heart go pitter patter: A genie has granted your wish to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like? My apartment is so small that the idea of...
by Jackie | Friday Five, Living Deliberately, Writing Life
1. Weekly photo challenge. I usually don’t participate in the photo challenge because I’m a terrible photographer. Look no further than this blog as evidence of that. But I enjoy looking through real photographers’ interpretations of the week’s...
by Jackie | Friday Five, Living Deliberately, Work 'n Such, Writing Life
1. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin. I forget when I originally heard about author Colm Toibin, only that his name kept popping up in various places until I picked up his most recent book, Brooklyn. Boy, I’m glad I did. This is one of those books that sneaks up on you....
by Jackie | Friday Five, Living Deliberately
1. Christmas tree graveyard. A little sad to see all of these trees, decorated and primped only days ago, waiting for the mulcher. 2. Technology Sabbath. On Wednesday, our network servers went down for the better part of the day. No email. No shared files. No...