I did not take the photo above. It comes from a WSPA article about a stuffed-animal collection drive to let people know about National Adoption Awareness Month. I like the picture because the image captures the overwhelmed feeling I had (several years ago) that moved me to reduce the number of stuffed animals in our…
“Why”…Wednesdays
156. Why Write What I Don’t Know
I took the comic above from All About Writing’s post “Write what you KNOW? Write what you DON’T Know”. It’s amazing to me how often I think of a great idea for a post, only to realize someone else came up with almost the same title several years earlier. Fortunately, in this case, author Michelle…
155. Why Humor
A couple months ago, I dyed the bottom half of my hair pink for several reasons: I like pink and wanted to make my hair match my shoes. (At least something I wear should match, right?) I needed a haircut soon anyway. To copy my Teaching Fellow, whose hair was pink and purple at the…
154. Why Props
I took the photo above from Yoga London’s article, “What Are Yoga Props and How to Improvise Them For Home Practice.” I didn’t take to yoga right away. Close to twenty years ago, the director of student health for my school (Hi, NB!) organized a special yoga class run by a teacher from the local…
153. Why Collaborate
I grabbed the photo above from Get Literary’s “How Well Do You Know Christina Lauren?” article. As I’m writing this post, I’ve read six of their twenty-plus books (and have holds on several more at multiple libraries) and decided that they’re the perfect final entry for my year of monthly romance posts for two reasons….
152. Why Not “Just”
The photo above has nothing to do with today’s post, but isn’t Tuukka a majestic boy? Last week’s post got me thinking about the category of words and phrases I don’t like, which got me thinking about “just.” I first became aware that nothing good ever follows this four-letter word when we lived in the…
151. Why Not “At Least”
I found the photo above on @sarcasm_only’s Instagram page and appreciate not only the kid’s great expression, but also the fact that this happens to me all the time. Usually, I think about how I deserve a snack break after three or four minutes of work. I might not be getting much work done, but…
150. Why Play Yente
The screenshot above isn’t a live link because I’m not that technologically advanced, but here are three actual links to sites that will allow you to listen to the relevant podcast, How Do You Write? (episode 268): iTunes Generic podcast location Youtube If you’ve been reading my blog since the summer, you know how ebullient I…
149. Why I Love and Hate Spirit Week
At Hotchkiss, we take five days to gear and psych up to play our rival school Taft in most sports (never water polo, as Taft doesn’t have a pool, or cross country, a team that has its New England championship on the same day). We call it Spirit Week. During the days leading to the…
148. Why Blush
I took the photo above from Jamie Brenner’s website shortly after I finished her novel, Blush. Some of you who’ve read it might argue that I’m going off-script again because it’s not a traditional romance novel, but as I’ve asserted, my website, my rules. Plus, this novel creates three romance plots in one. Double bonus. Brenner’s…