- Reading a good book
- Visiting family
- Watching Survivor
- Sitting around a campfire
- Making s’mores
- Eating s’mores
- Walking in the sunshine along the river
- Wilderness camping
- Writing & editing a novel
- Binge-watching home shows like Flip or Flop, Love It or List It, Desert Flippers
- Getting a pedicure
- Getting a massage
- Decorating a Christmas tree
- Planning parties
- Eating stuffed crust pizza
Category Archives: Books
September Shaping Up (The month in movies, music, & literature)
Movies
- Come September
- See You in September
- Septembers of Shiraz
- Until September
Music
- It Might As Well Rain Until September
- A Lonely September
- Blue September
- The Late September Dogs
- Maybe September
- Pale September
- September Morn
- September Song
- September When It Comes
- The 12th of September
- Wake Me Up When September Ends
Things I Wonder
- Is it better to dry my clothes on medium for a longer period of time, or high for a shorter period of time?
- How do I use the keyless entry code on my car?
- When will Raven find love?
- Have Nick and Vanessa already broken up?
- When does Bachelor In Paradise start?
- What caused my ankles to suddenly swell a few months ago and to suddenly stop swelling a couple weeks ago?
- What’s the name of a good dentist in town?
- Who put the Ram in the Ramalama Dingdong?
- Can a person live on citrus alone?
- Can Sandra possibly win Survivor again?
- Exactly how much does Alexa hear while sitting on the kitchen counter?
- Why did Brad’s wife get fired from Cracker Barrel Old Country Store?
- When will it officially be sandal weather?
- What novel should I read next?
- What is a good cheap beach where I can spend a few days?
Books in the Flavia DeLuce mystery series by Alan Bradley (which you should definitely read if you like good mysteries with interesting characters & fully developed environments)
- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
- The Weed That Strings The Hangman’s Bag
- A Red Herring Without Mustard
- I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
- Speaking from Among the Bones
- The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
- The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse
- As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
- Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d
Books About Writing That Are On My Bookshelf
- On Writing, Stephen King
- How Not To Write A Novel, Howard Mittelmark & Sandra Newman
- The Forest for the Trees: An Editor’s Advice to Writers, Betsy Lerner
- Writer’s Market
- Revision & Self-Editing, Bell
- The Writer’s Digest Guide to Query Letters, Burt-Thomas
- Thanks, But This Isn’t For Us, Jessica Page Morrell
- Characters & View Point, Orson Scott Card (Elements of Fiction Writing series)
- Description, Monica Wood (Elements of Fiction Writing series)
