If you’re anything like me, it’s the time of year when you start pining for a vacation. Christmas is over, and the rest of the winter is spread out before you like a long, worn, gray army blanket. “Where will we go this year?” I ask myself. Will we return to France? Go back to …
Continue reading Where will we go in 2021… through literature?
Just a quick note to let you know that I am still alive, I've just been insanely busy... working full time, having a third baby, moving back to Ireland! I plan on giving the ol' blog a little facelift and hopefully bringing you more new and interesting content and commentary within the coming weeks. Watch …
My thoughts are a jumble these days, thus why I have not done much writing. If you could open my brain, it would look like that corner drawer in your kitchen, overflowing with nails and screws, dried up glue and birthday candles, tangled string and electrical cords that belong to something, pens that don't work …
I met an Irishman today. He was an environmental health and safety worker, giving out to someone in the room next door, and my ears perked up to his Dublin accent right away. I couldn’t help but interrupt their conversation, watching as his gruff demeanor melted away when he started telling stories about “the old …
Continue reading ‘One Day in December’ – a Kickstarter film campaign
Freelance writing for a stay-at-home mom is a tough gig, let me tell you. I've tried to keep my pinky-toe in the water for the last several years, and I have been blessed by some really understanding editors who are still eager to receive my work, even when it's sporadic. Lately I've been pretty busy …
Continue reading My shout out to working moms, or moms who work, or pretty much every mom I know.
Just so you know, in the last couple weeks, my siblings and I have been working to launch a new, all food-related blog. I may continue to post recipes and such from time to time on here, but for the most part, I will be saving them up for this new venture. Meanwhile, I will …
I am, for all intents and purposes, an introvert. I like people, and I'd like to say I make a good friend, but it's hard for me to make the first move. One exception to this introversion is when I am the one in control of the situation, i.e. if I am the host, charged …
Lately, I feel like people are thinking, "Oh Geez, here come those complaining Kellys again. Never happy." If you follow our Facebook or Twitter accounts, read my husband's or my blogs or keep up with us in any way, you will have seen a lot of up and down commentary from us over the last good …
Well, seeing as you're still reading, I guess I'll keep writing. For now. 🙂 I'm happy with a lot of the posts I've achieved with this blog over the last several years, and I don't really want to give it up. So if you'll just be patient with my few, sporadic, posts, I'll try to …
I don't know about you, but so often these days, especially now that I have kids, I find myself remembering a sentence or description or maybe an illustration, oddly displaced in the junk drawer of my mind, and I play it over and over for days until I figure out what it is, or where …
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