When Did You Know You Were a Writer?
Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Janie | No Comments »"Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter." So begins "The Tale of Peter Rabbit." When you were a child, did your parents read those words to you? Mine did. And I ...
Connected Lives (Part Six)
Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Janie | 2 Comments »LOL. ROFL. POS. TTYL. TTFN. Do you recognize each of those abbreviations? If not, they stand for: Laughing on line. Rolling on floor laughing. Parents over shoulder. Talk to you later. Ta ta for now. I wonder how many times each day, those and other shortcuts like them are transmitted ...
Connected Lives (Part Five)
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Janie | 1 Comment »In a recent meeting with my colleagues, we all sat around a conference table, our identical Blackberries in front of us. As one by one the Blackberries chirped, clicked, chimed, and buzzed, we found ourselves laughing at we looked ...
Connected Lives (Part Four)
Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Janie | 1 Comment »Here in California, it is unusually cold for late April, but that was fine with me. I settled in last evening, wrapped in my favorite blanket, to watch the seventh and final installment of HBO's spectacular adaptation of David ...
Connected Lives (Part Three)
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Janie | 4 Comments »This past week, I was contacted by a reporter from the Stockton Record. She interviewed me for an upcoming story about women here in California's Central Valley who blog. She has also spoken with women in nearby Modesto ...
Connected Lives (Part Two)
Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Janie | 2 Comments »Last night over dinner, one of my oldest and dearest friends mentioned that she had spent some time yesterday writing a letter to her daughter who is attending college in the Midwest. She explained that she had found a ...
Connected Lives (Part One)
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Janie | No Comments »My generation is comprised of folks who remember life without much technology. Sometimes we joke around about it. My girlfriends and I laugh about how our parents used to make us get off the telephone in the evening and on ...
Your Online Writing Life: Protect Your Reputation — and Future (Part Five)
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Janie | 3 Comments »Happy Birthday, Write Stuff! I'm happy to be part of this wonderful community of writers! The new theme looks great. Our noble leader, Karen, did an excellent job bringing a new look to the site. One of the great ...
