by joangrey | Jan 13, 2022 | Writing Life
Getting out of bed is so hard. I know, I know, I was just complaining about this last week, but I don’t mean to complain. I think it’s reasonable to want to hibernate at times like this. Wintertime. When it’s cold and yucky out, and there’s only about ten minutes of...
by joangrey | Jan 3, 2022 | Writing Life
New years are interesting. They’re ‘fresh starts’, opportunities to let go of old patterns and habits which aren’t working. There’s a lot of pressure to Make Resolutions and Do It Right, as if you hadn’t made resolutions a million...
by joangrey | Aug 26, 2020 | Photos, Writing Life
It’s been a wild year. It hasn’t even been a year – 2020 is only just past half-way over – and I’m ready for a new start. New England is still lovely, and still ferociously green. Our hens are full-grown and giving us eggs every day. (My...
by joangrey | Jun 12, 2019 | Photos, Writing Life
It’s suddenly summer here – everything is obnoxiously, brilliantly, beautifully green. Flowers abound, and bees are flying everywhere, working hard to make sure we all have lots to eat and see and admire. My lawn is in desperate need of mowing, the trees...
by joangrey | Jun 4, 2019 | Technicalities, Writing Life
Credit: vinh pham Urban Fantasy, Magical Realism, and where are all those werewolves coming from? So, genres. I admit that I find most of what’s currently being called Urban Fantasy (UF) rather repetitive and boring. It’s all werewolves or...
by joangrey | Jun 4, 2019 | Photos, Random, Writing Life
Suddenly, it’s springtime. Just last week, our lawn was covered in at least 9″ of snow and now it’s clear and the squirrels are bouncing around, trying to steal the seeds from the bird feeders. It’s been a good week, really. We had the first...
