One of my faults/strengths is that I’m a jack of all trades. This wouldn’t be a bad thing except the second part of that phrase which haunts me. And so, when I decided to write a blog, I couldn’t choose what exactly I wanted to blog about. Parenting? Writing? Gardening? They are all a big [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Weekend Gardener
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged garden on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friday Funnies
Posted in Uncategorized on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is the Washington Post’s “Annual Mensa Invitational”, which once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. I laughed so hard I had to share.
The 2008 winners:
1. Cashtration (n.) : The act of buying a house, which [...]
Magic
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For dinner last night, I enjoyed a succulent herb encrusted chicken breast topped with a generous slice of tomato and two kinds of melted cheese nestled in a bed of lettuce on lightly toasted whole wheat bread.
Okay, I heated up left over chicken, popped it into the microwave while I slipped a slice of Colby [...]
Happiness
Posted in life, tagged happy on February 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
What is happiness? In his book The Nature of Happiness, Desmond Morris defines it as transient feeling of joy. And if you think about it, he has a point. It is an excellent book by the way, it can be found on Amazon. With this viewpoint, the bad things that happen are just precursors and [...]
New Contest
Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Calling all sleuths! Dust up your encyclopedias and peruse the text below. There are EIGHT factual errors in the text (no style, syntax, misspellings, typos, etc). A couple errors are blatantly obvious; the others range from easy to difficult. List the errors in an e-mail to contest@carlosjcortes.com The best five answers will receive a signed [...]
Balance
Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This isn’t exactly a follow up to my whiny angsty post, but close. I didn’t find the book. I did find half a dozen pencils under the couch along with two AA batteries, sundry crayons, papers, a bowl and spoon, a headband and a partially eaten cookie (?) and 7cents (paartay). Ah, there’s more but [...]
Another day…
Posted in family on February 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For the last few days, I’ve been trying not to write a blog about my kids. You see, I know I should be uber thankful for them. Each one is a unique blessing and I knew the post would be all about angst. I mean I have friends who would give limbs for what I [...]
Done.
Posted in writing on February 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This morning I finished the first draft of my new novel. Yes, it will still need to be polished, but really, it’s there. 103,000 words of pretty darn good fantasy, if I do say so myself. And until I send it out to agents (and it gets published) I will have to say so myself.
I’ve [...]
New video
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I found this link in a blog I read daily. In this video Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray Love, speaks about creativity. It’s almost 20 minutes long but worth your time. I loved it. She has a brilliant sense of humor and she touches on a few aspects of writing that I’ve noticed but [...]
Of boys, guns and cake
Posted in Uncategorized on February 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I grew up very anti-war. A byproduct of having a sixties child for a mom, I guess. When I had my children, I continued this tradition. I monitored every influence in my wee ones’ lives. Can you say mom approved videos only and NO TV? When my son was born, I not only stayed home, [...]
