The Inconsequential Blogger

My husband and I went for a stroll in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park yesterday. Here's a covered bridge that you can find in the park...

Kristin Cashore, author of Graceling and Fire , has a nice post up about keeping the faith while writing, even if you feel your manuscript ...

This summer my family and I will be loading up the pack mules and heading out west: I suspect we'll be gone for a couple of weeks or so...

This book just came in from my hold list at the library. I've read some excerpts online already - it's a captivating look, via an a...

This week I was going to start on a new story idea in earnest. I’ve begun gathering information, I have books on hold at the library for res...

Get comfy and pull up a seat: It was frosty as well as snowy this morning, so when I went out to replenish the bird feeder, I grabbed my cam...

Aslan?? Oh. Wait... it's just my dog and the park next door. But it FEELS like Narnia. Always winter...

(Edit: TruFocals are now called Superfocus) I recently received an email from someone who read my Trufocals posts. Here's what they sai...

There have been a lot of breaks around here lately: Winter Break, from school Elbow Break, my son's (a slip & fall accident) Thumb B...

Happy New Year, Everyone!

I talked about making my own lebkuchen in the last post . I must report that they turned out very yummy. I sealed them up with sliced-up ora...

I'm attempting to bake the German holiday cookie, lebkuchen, today. I became hooked on them when I had a sister living in Germany and sh...

I am so far behind on everything!! What am I doing sitting in front of the computer?! Oh yeah, getting my daily dose of lolcats . Hope the h...

This photo was in my morning paper: photo by Phil Masturzo of the Akron Beacon Journal I found it extremely touching. Let me explain. The Un...

We decorated our Christmas tree last night. We cut it down ourselves at a nearby Christmas tree farm last Sunday, but had to wait until last...

(Edit: TruFocals are now called Superfocus) The other morning I remembered that I needed to post my decision - whether I had decided to keep...

I came across this: That's me in tears with my more composed, older sisters circa the early 1960's. I'm okay with Santa now : ...

My daughter's cell phone sometimes calls me back. It happens every once in a great while when I get the 'leave a message' mode w...

While painting the entry hall, my daughter let the dog in from outside. First, my brain registered that the dog was inside, then I made some...

Or more appropriately, pawprints. Have you ever noticed that dogs don't care what they're stepping on in their race to get somewhere...