Category: Family Matters
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My Big, Fat Domesstic Weekend
Martha Stuart I am not. Yet every so often I’m infused with a strange surge of creative energy that’s part HGTV, part Molly Mormon—you know that perfect woman who makes every meal from scratch, knits all the socks for her family, and has a house of order? Usually these creative juices start flowing in conjunction…
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Highlights of Summer
So I haven’t exactly been a consistent blogger this summer. And I’m sure, if asked, my children would tell you that I’ve laid around like a slug the past few months. But, in spite of the lack of writing and activity this past season, it was a great one. And many, many times I thought…
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A Tale of Two Junes
Over the last two blogless months, I’ve spent my time becoming intimately acquainted with the new floor my husband recently installed in our bathroom. Along with the floor, I’ve developed a love/hate relationship with the porcelain fixture that sits atop it. I love that it’s there to receive what my stomach decides to regurgitate; I…
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Back in Seattle Again
Nine years ago this past April, my husband and I took our first trip to Seattle. A couple of important things happened on that trip with regards to my writing. The first was that I discovered my “hobby” could actually develop into something serious if I had the time to devote to it. This is…
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Michele’s Three Step Guide For Beating Writer’s Depression—or Lessons Learned From Green Gables
Last week on the LDS Storymaker list, a very talented author asked others how they deal with the depression writers encounter—those times we feel everything we’ve ever written is garbage and we’d be better off flipping burgers at the local fast food joint. The slew of responses from many other talented authors showed clearly that…
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Wart and the Whitneys
A couple of weeks ago my daughter B (name withheld to protect the guilty) had the opportunity to go to the district science fair at the American Leadership Academy in Spanish Fork. This is the second year her project has made it to the district level, and she was pretty excited. I have to admit…