Why My Year-Long “Clothing Diet” Helped My Writing and My Reading
On October 1, 2017, I decided to go on a clothing diet. For one year, I would not buy any new clothes. The only exceptions were necessities, and I don’t mean as in needing a dress for a friend’s wedding. Nope. Socks and underwear only. I included accessories in my diet. No belts, shoes, jewelry,…
I’ll Stop Reading Young Adult Fiction When You Pry It from My Cold, Dead Hands
I recently joined a new book club. We’re all educated women who range in age from our late thirties to our early seventies. Most of us work outside the home in some capacity, many of us volunteer in the community, all of us have children, some have grandchildren, we have a variety of political and…