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Day Shift

Nov 6, 2013 By elinwaldal 5 Comments

It just hit me, I really need a shift in my day, not later, now. After all it is Wednesday and rumor has it that’s a great day to go […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: NaBloPoMo13, Wordless Wednesday

A Text Message, The Voice, and James

Nov 5, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 16 Comments

Last night while fretting obsessing over a formatting issue on a blog post I was trying to publish for my website, I received a text message from Jimmy. He was […]

Filed Under: Marriage, Music, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: James Wolpert, Music, Technology, The Voice

Family Portrait

Nov 4, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 12 Comments

Yesterday, while we had the entire Backyard Playgroup together again, we had our family portrait taken. The daylight hours, having been pushed back to standard, bent long rays of gold […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13, On being a parent Tagged With: childhood, Love, Motherhood

Message from the Pantry

Nov 3, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 18 Comments

In March of 2011, the universe sent me a rather messy message via my pantry. Last Friday I got sick. And I mean the sort of sick that found me […]

Filed Under: All things Writing, Life Lessons, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Inner Voice, NaBloPoMo13, Self-Care, Sickness, Writing

Writing in the Internet Age

Nov 2, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 4 Comments

In her new book, Still Writing, Dani Shaprio, shares countless beads of wisdom for writers, among them this is one of my favorites: “Sit. Stay there. It’s hard—I know just […]

Filed Under: Just Write, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Dani Shapiro, NaBloPoMo13, social media, Still Writing, Writing

An Invitation to Join Me: NaBloPoMo13

Nov 1, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 18 Comments

If you have been kind enough to subscribe to my musings every time I click, PUBLISH, thank you! Now I feel it’s only fair that I should warn you: During […]

Filed Under: All things Writing, Living, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Friendship, NaBloPoMo13, Writing

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